travesty

英 [ˈtrævəsti] 美 [ˈtrævəsti]

n.  嘲弄; 歪曲

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牛津词典

noun

  1. 嘲弄;歪曲
    something that does not have the qualities or values that it should have, and as a result is often shocking or offensive
    1. The trial was a travesty of justice .
      这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 嘲弄;歪曲;拙劣模仿
    If you describe something as a travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing.
    1. 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今天的名声是对他过去真正主张的一种嘲弄。
    2. If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.
      如果他不能好好准备他的诉讼,审判将会成为一场拙劣的闹剧。

双语例句

  1. 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今天的名声是对他过去真正主张的一种嘲弄。
  2. If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.
    如果他不能好好准备他的诉讼,审判将会成为一场拙劣的闹剧。
  3. ( it had only one John Irving novel, also a travesty.)
    (Oyster只有一本约翰•艾文的小说,这也有些说不过去。)
  4. Reframing a work travesty by offering up solid, well-researched solution in a timely manner will prove to your boss youre not only a thinker, but also a doer with management potential.
    及时提供可靠的、仔细研究过的方案来重新梳理工作,会向老板证明你不只会思考,也是一个有管理能力的实干者。
  5. It makes a travesty of the Olympic spirit.
    它是对奥林匹克精神的嘲弄。
  6. The last election, in2007, was a travesty; some judged it to be the most rigged poll in the country's history, others in the history of Africa.
    发生在2007年的最近一次大选简直是一场闹剧,一些人认为这是尼日利亚史上最大的一场投票弊案,更有人认为其是整个非洲史上最大的一次。
  7. There need not be vast travesty or economic fall out; there can be changes that support all the life upon earth's body.
    并没有必要出现巨大的悲剧或者经济崩溃,可以出现改变,来支持地球身躯上的一切生灵。
  8. Any potential travesty is avoided by choosing to release or return the karma and transmute the thought-form instead.
    任何潜在的悲剧都能选择释放或归还业力并转换思想形态而被避免。
  9. The experts agree that if the health workers are found guilty, it would be a travesty of justice.
    这些专家同意说,如果这些医务工作者被判有罪,那将是对正义的嘲弄。
  10. It is also why so many of his scholarly critics completely miss the heart of who he was, and why his son's recent portrayal of his father is such a travesty and an outrage.
    这是许多在学术上批评他的人所完全忽略的,这也是为什么法兰基最近对他父亲的写照是这样地钮曲事实和令人愤怒。
  11. And, I certainly wouldn't dispute the travesty of the plastic disposable utensils.
    同时,我当然不会怀疑一次性筷子的作用。
  12. Ascending humans can learn to release black hole dreams before they manifest a terrorist travesty in ones'region of origin.
    提升的人类可以学会在起源地区展现恐怖分子的悲剧之前就释放黑洞噩梦。
  13. They collapse standards and offer a vainglorious travesty of a cultural experience to a paying public.
    它们破坏了标准,并给付费公众带来了对文化体验的虚荣模仿。
  14. Autorun for CDs is a travesty of security practice, as is application selection by the software when you double-click a file.
    自动决策是一个滑稽的安全做法,就像您双击一个文件,让软件选择相应的应用程序。
  15. If such humans choose to ascend and release the patterns through conscious intent, the travesty can be avoided.
    如果这些人类选择去提升并通过有意识的意想去释放模式,悲剧则能被避免。
  16. Pontius Pilate had Jesus '"crime" King of the Jews posted in three languages, in ironic tribute to the travesty of justice.
    本丢彼拉多以三种语言张贴耶稣的「罪状」&犹太人的王,明褒暗贬被人嘲讽的正义。
  17. The more rapidly the records are gathered and erased, the less likely that the travesty associated needs to play out amongst the humans that live nearby.
    记录收集和抹除得越快,在附近居住的人们间发生悲剧的可能就越小。
  18. Dada, a European artistic and literary movement ( 1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity.
    达达主义运动,欧洲文学艺术界的运动(1916-1923),通过随意涂写、嘲讽及不和谐的作品来藐视传统的艺术和文化价值。
  19. This is, of course, a travesty of the true meaning of lunch.
    这当然是对午餐真正含义的曲解。
  20. Surely such a travesty has never occurred.
    我确定这种滑稽事从来就没有发生过。
  21. Makeup for a conventionalized comic travesty of Black people, especially in a minstrel show. The opera features unique solo singing, refined acting, rich percussion and funny comedians.
    扮演黑人的化妆滑稽模仿黑人的传统喜剧的化妆,尤其是在黑脸歌唱团表演中戏剧的特点是拥有独特的唱腔、优美的表演、丰富的配乐、滑稽可笑的喜剧演员。
  22. The trial was a travesty of justice.
    这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
  23. Yet even as San Francisco Giants fans hailed their hero, many other baseball fans across America were dismissing Mr Bonds as a cheat, and his new record a travesty.
    当旧金山巨人队球迷为他们的英雄高呼呐喊之时,其他棒球迷却认为庞兹不仅忽悠了他们,且其新纪录也是一场彻头彻尾的骗局。
  24. In so doing, ascending humans can avoid the travesty of a natural disaster that either kills the form, or causes an upheaval in their life experience.
    这样做,提升的人们可避免或毁掉形态或导致他们生命中剧变的自然界大灾难的嘲讽剧。
  25. Our celebration tonight is a travesty.
    我们今晚的庆典就是如此滑稽。

英英释义

noun

  1. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

      Synonym:    parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeoffburlesquecharadepasquinadeput-on

    1. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

        Synonym:    farcefarce comedy

      verb

      1. make a travesty of