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travesty

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ˈtrævəsti
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释义

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 ]

例句

The trial was a travesty of justice.
这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。
Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.
她的研究表明,史密斯如今的声誉是对他原本立场的嘲弄。
The question is a mockery of a travesty of a sham.
这个问题是对模仿骗子行为的一种嘲弄。

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He'd call out terrorism for what it is,not only criminal but an obscene travestyof everything he believed in and struggled for.
and we're going to figure out a way for him to do his art again.Because it's a travesty that someone who still has all of that in himisn't able to communicate it."
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