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travesty

美 [ˈtrævəsti]英 [ˈtrævəsti]
  • n.嘲弄;歪曲;讽刺

复数: travesties

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies

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

The trial was a travesty of justice .

这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。

parody

travesty

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    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.

    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。

noun

1
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Synonym: parody lampoon spoof sendup mockery takeoff burlesque charade pasquinade put-on
2
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Synonym: farce farce comedy

verb

1
make a travesty of

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  1. The trial was a travesty of justice .

    这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。

  2. 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。

  3. 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。

  4. The play was , in their view , a travesty of the truth .

    这个剧本在他们看来是对事实的歪曲。

  5. What is the dolphin and whale cause of such travesties upon earth that we have experienced ?

    在地球上我们所体验的这类悲剧中,我们海豚鲸鱼的带来了什么

  6. ( 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。)

  7. It makes a travesty of the Olympic spirit .

    它是对奥林匹克精神的嘲弄。

  8. 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。

  9. Such travesties are the unconscious patterns becoming physical .

    这些悲剧是无意识内模式显化成物质的结果。

  10. Surely such a travesty has never occurred .

    我确定这种滑稽事从来就没有发生过。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. not only criminal but an obscene travesty of everything he believed in and struggled for .

    不仅是罪犯,还是对他所相信的、所奋斗的、令人厌恶的拙劣模仿

  16. so expeditiously in terms of getting back to order after the travesty of the World Trade Center when it came tumbling down .

    采取措施来恢复世贸大厦倒塌后的正常秩序

  17. A travesty is actually a mockery or a parody .

    Travesty其实是指拙劣的模仿或恶搞。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. An even worse travesty is the film 's end . The settlers become friends with the natives and everyone lives happily ever after .

    电影的结局更是胡编乱造:殖民者与印第安人结下了深厚的友谊,从此大家过着幸福的生活。

  21. 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。

  22. The snobbish world of fashion judged the photo a travesty and Burberry 's sales in the UK were hit .

    势利的时尚界把这看做是一场拙劣的模仿,博柏利在英国的销量因而受到了冲击。

  23. But your neighbors don 't want to hear the night turn into a travesty of badly-sung Billy Joel ballads .

    但是你的邻居肯定不希望这个夜晚成为声嘶力竭鬼哭狼嚎的音乐会。

  24. Our celebration tonight is a travesty .

    我们今晚的庆典就是如此滑稽。

  25. 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。

  26. 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。

  27. 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。

  28. 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。

  29. 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。

  30. 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。