travesties

英 [ˈtrævɪstiz]

美 [ˈtrævəstiz]

n.  嘲弄; 歪曲
travesty的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 嘲弄;歪曲;拙劣模仿
  If you describe something as atravesty ofanother 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

• 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。
• Without detailed tests, no one can pinpoint exactly what is causing the reproductive travesties in Russian hamsters and rats, Italian and Austrian mice, and livestock in India and America.
  如果没有详细的测试，没有人能够查出究竟是什麽原因造成俄罗斯仓鼠和大鼠，意大利和奥地利小鼠，印度和美国的牲畜的生殖悲剧。