travesty
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈtræv.ə.sti/us/ˈtræv.ə.sti/something thatfailstorepresentthevaluesandqualitiesthat it isintendedtorepresent, in a way that isshockingoroffensive:
拙劣的模仿；嘲弄；歪曲Theirproductionof "Sweeney Todd" was theworstI'veeverseen- 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。
Langdaledescribedthecourtrulingas a travestyofjustice.兰代尔把法庭的裁决描述为对司法的嘲弄。
Synonym
parody
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsehood
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- lie
- mistruth
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper