travesty
柯林斯詞典
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
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。
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travesty /?tr?v?st?/ (travesties)
劍橋詞典
- something that fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent , in a way that is shocking or offensive
拙劣的模仿；嘲弄；歪曲
Their production of "Sweeney Todd" was the worst I've ever seen - it was a travesty. 他們上演的《理發(fā)師陶德》是我看過的最糟糕的一個版本——太拙劣了。
Langdale described the court ruling as a travesty of justice . 蘭代爾把法庭的裁決描述為對司法的嘲弄。
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