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travesty
[ˈtrævəsti] [ˈtrævəsti]

  • n. 歪曲;滑稽作品;拙劣的模仿作品
  • vt. 歪曲;滑稽地模仿

[ 复数 travesties 第三人称单数 travesties 现在分词 travestying 过去式 travestied 过去分词 travestied ]

英英释义

travesty [ 'trævisti ]

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 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

travesty /ˈtrævɪstɪ/

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT If you describe something as a travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing. 嘲弄

    例:

    Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.

    她的研究表明,史密斯如今的声誉是对他原本立场的嘲弄。

双语例句权威例句

  • Such travesties are the unconscious patterns becoming physical.

    这些悲剧无意识内模式显化成物质的结果。

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  • A cursory look at several recent polls shows that too often they are travesties.

    粗略地看看最近起的选举就会有个印象,很多时候这些选举只是作秀。

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  • There shall be other travesties avoided upon a global scale in the years ahead through similar precautions taken upon the part of Earth and upon the part of all species therein.

    地球及其所有物种通过采取类似预防措施,前方时代全球尺度之上避免其他悲剧

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更多双语例句
  • The latest of such UN travesties is the denunciation of Israel produced by Sir Richard Goldstone, a South African jurist (who happens to be Jewish).

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: One more time

  • The war criminals responsible for such travesties will come under American protection and taxpayers in this country will be obliged to contribute to Serb economic reconstruction.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: START THE BOMBING, NOW!

  • South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, whose envoys endorsed the past two electoral travesties in Zimbabwe, seems determined to see no evil this time, either (see article).

    ECONOMIST: Democracy in Africa

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