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单词 disfigure
释义
disfigure
verb[T]
uk
/dɪsˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/dɪsˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
tospoiltheappearanceof something or someone,especiallytheirface,completely:
损毁…的外观；使毁容
She washorriblydisfigured byburns.她的脸因烧伤而变得惨不忍睹。
Thispartof theoldtownhas been disfigured byuglynewbuildings.老城的这一地区已经被丑陋的新建筑搞得面目全非了。
Synonyms
blemish
deface
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to spoil something
  • spoilDon't spoil the movie by telling me what happens!
  • ruinI put too much salt in the sauce and ruined it.
  • defaceMany of the library books had been defaced.
  • disfigureHer face was disfigured by the scar.
  • sourOur friendship soured after the argument, and we just drifted apart.
  • poisonThe long dispute has poisoned relations between the two countries.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Destroying and demolishing
  • annihilate
  • annihilation
  • apocalypse
  • bash
  • bash through (something)
  • be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
  • in piecesidiom
  • indestructibility
  • killsomethingoff
  • kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
  • knock
  • sacrifice
  • self-devouring
  • shred
  • sink
  • smash
  • stave
  • stavesomethingin
  • takesomethingout
  • tear
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(Definition ofdisfigurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

disfigure| American Dictionary

disfigure
verb[T]
us
/dɪsˈfɪɡ·jər/
tospoilcompletelytheappearanceof someone or something:
She washorriblydisfigured byburns.
(Definition ofdisfigurefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdisfigure

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They can use other semiotic strategies, such as to deconstruct,disfigureor disturb patriarchal conventions.
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Conversely, linguists may feel that the area of convergence is a misrepresentation that disfigures their discipline.
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Injuries range from minor and temporary to permanently disfiguring.
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Injuries may range from minor and temporary to permanently disfiguring.
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Misprints continue to increase anddisfigurenew books.
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Upon convection, the resulting disturbances dramatically disfigured the cavity surface, thus negating the original purpose.
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These incidents could range from excessive corporal punishment leading to bruising, to permanently disfiguring injuries.
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I will mention just three of the many typos whichdisfigurethe book.
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Women often perceive these changes in appearance to be disfiguring.
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She has had significant emotional suffering due to social isolation and the stigma of cancer, and feels disfigured as a result of bilateral mastectomy.
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Every one was twisted or swollen or disfigured in some strange way.
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Discussing ' ' athletes ' ' as ' ' athletes, ' ' let alone as ' ' celebrities, ' ' in the early nineteenth century leaves the book's first chapter disfigured by anachronism.
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Lets railway arches all our streetsdisfigure?
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The continual fighting and dying, the mounting disfigured bodies of comrades, the sleeplessness and fatigue, the emotional stress, all had taken their toll on the combatants.
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But that gaze also disfigures the land.
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