湖边社【学个词 travesty】travesty - 歪曲；滑稽作品；拙劣的模仿作品 vt. 歪曲；滑稽地模仿;嘲弄
Definition:
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noun
1: a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
a travesty of justice
2: a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter
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verb: to make a travesty of : PARODY
Synonyms
Noun -caricature,cartoon,farce,joke,mockery,parody,sham
Verb -burlesque,caricature,imitate,mimic,mock,parody,send up,spoof
Example Sentences
Noun
It is a travesty and a tragedy that so many people would be denied the right to vote.
The trial was a travesty of justice.
Verb
this comedy sketch mindlessly travesties the hard work of relief workers around the world
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But to believe these worthy schools and programs in the West can only survive by attaching themselves to associations in faraway time zones, in the dusty plains and urban centers of the midwest, would be not just an unbalanced travesty, but a bad joke.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
Marty marched up to Gray, introduced himself as Oppenheimer’s biographer, and proceeded to explain why what Gray’s father had done in 1954 was a travesty.
—Kai Bird, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
