音标:['trævisti] ;
n. 拙劣的模仿作品, 嘲弄, 滑稽模仿
vt. 滑稽地模仿, 歪曲
v. make a travesty of
词型变化:名词复数形式 : travesties ; 现在分词 : travestying ; 过去式 : travestied ; 第三人称单数 : travesties ; 过去分词 : travestied
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
名词100%

travesty的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. His trial was a travesty of justice.对他进行审判是对正义的歪曲。
  2. His travesty satirize the key man in current political circles relentlessly.他的漫画无情地讽刺了当今的政界要人。

经典引文

  • A travesty of justicesa premium upon recklessness.

    出自:A. G. Gardiner
  • His drooping eyelid dipped..in a ghastly travesty of a wink.

    出自:I. Asimov
  • 'None of That' travesties Mabel Dodge's lust for willed experience.

    出自:J. Moynahan
  • Altering, travestying and degrading the dish itself.

    出自:E. David
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