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travesty
noun[ C ]
formaluk /ˈtræv.ə.sti/ us /ˈtræv.ə.sti/
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.他们上演的《理发师陶德》是我看过的最糟糕的一个版本——太拙劣了。
Langdale described the court ruling as a travesty of justice.兰代尔把法庭的裁决描述为对司法的嘲弄。
Synonym
parody
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
a pack of liesidiom
artifice
bad faith
black is whiteidiom
cakeism
falsehood
falsification
feed someone a lineidiom
fib
fiction
lie
mythologically
mythologize
perjure
perjury
someone can talk!idiom
stretch the truthidiom
weasel words
white lie
whopper
travesty | American Dictionary
travesty
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtræv·ə·sti/
something that completely fails to do what it is intended or expected to do, and therefore seems ridiculous:
The police chief called the judge’s ruling a travesty of justice.
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