travesty，英語單詞，主要用作名詞、及物動詞，作名詞時譯為“歪曲；滑稽作品；拙劣的模仿作品”，作及物動詞時譯為“歪曲；滑稽地模仿”。
基本介紹
- 外文名：travesty
- 詞性：名詞、及物動詞
- 英式發音：[ˈtrævəsti]
- 美式發音：[ˈtrævəsti]
單詞用法,雙語例句,
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
travesty /ˈtrævɪstɪ/ ( travesties )
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
雙語例句
The trial was a travesty of justice.這一審判是對正義的嘲弄。
Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.她的研究表明，史密斯如今的聲譽是對他原本立場的嘲弄。
The right was outraged. The Wall Street Journal dubbed the case a “travesty of justice” and urged the president to pardon Mr Libby.一邊右派們怒氣衝天,《華爾街日報》封稱此案“歪曲司法”並呼籲總統赦免利比。
