travesty: [17] Travesty and transvestite [20] are first cousins. Both are compounded of the Latin elements trāns- ‘across’ and vestīre ‘clothe’ (source of English vest, vestment, etc), but they are separate formations. Travesty comes ultimately from Italian travestire ‘change clothes so as to disguise’, formed from the Italian descendants of the Latin elements.
This was borrowed into French as travestir ‘ridicule’, and its past participle travesti gave English travesty. Transvestite is a new formation, coined in German in the first decade of the 20th century (although there are a couple of isolated instances of a verb transvest ‘cross-dress’ from the 1650s). => invest, transvestite, vest, vestment
travesty (n.)
1670s, "literary burlesque of a serious work," from adjective meaning "dressed so as to be made ridiculous, parodied, burlesqued" (1660s), from French travesti "dressed in disguise," past participle of travestir "to disguise" (1590s), from Italian travestire "to disguise," from Latin trans- "over" (see trans-) + vestire "to clothe" (see wear (v.)).
travesty 英文释义
1. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
2. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
travesty 双语例句
1. The trial was a travesty of justice .
这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。
来自《权威词典》
2. Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.
她的研究表明史密斯今天的名声是对他过去真正主张的一种嘲弄。
来自柯林斯例句
3. If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.
如果他不能好好准备他的诉讼，审判将会成为一场拙劣的闹剧。
来自辞典例句
4. The trial was a travesty of justice.
这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性.
来自辞典例句
5. If he were convinced executed for this alleged crime it would be a travesty on justice.
要是他为了人家所说的这件罪行被判处死刑,那是在把法律当作儿戏.
来自辞典例句
travesty 实用场景例句
The trial was a travesty of justice .
这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。
牛津词典
Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for...
她的研究表明史密斯今天的名声是对他过去真正主张的一种嘲弄。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.
如果他不能好好准备他的诉讼，审判将会成为一场拙劣的闹剧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
To make a travesty of; parody or ridicule .
对他进行审判是对正义的 歪曲.
期刊摘选
The play was, in their view, a travesty of the truth.
这个剧本在他们看来是对事实的歪曲.
期刊摘选
Qin Hui : It's a travesty that people are still being penalized for their words and such.
秦晖秦晖的看法: 现在还搞因言治罪那一套,真是太可悲了.
期刊摘选
The trial was a travesty of justice.
这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性.
辞典例句
" What? " The Master of Sorcere brandished his sausage. " This travesty. This abomination. "
“ 怎么了? ” 术士学院的导师挥舞着手中的香肠. “ 我说的是这个烂东西. 这个恶心的玩意. ”
期刊摘选
Parody Technique in travesty of knight stories reinforces the artistic effect in Don Quixote.
摘要滑稽模拟骑士小说的戏拟手法,给《堂吉诃德》带来了丰富的艺术效果.
期刊摘选
If he were convinced executed for this alleged crime it would be a travesty on justice.
要是他为了人家所说的这件罪行被判处死刑,那是在把法律当作儿戏.
辞典例句
Helicopters up above, Oh what a travesty.
直升飞机上的歪曲, 唉.
期刊摘选
Perhaps then the travesty to follow could have been offset.
也许那样的话,随后的悲剧就能被抵消.
期刊摘选
That would be a travesty.
倘若真如此,那可是莫大的讽刺.
期刊摘选
If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.
如果他不能好好准备他的诉讼，审判将会成为一场拙劣的闹剧。
辞典例句
The trial was a travesty of justice .
这一审判是对正义的嘲弄。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.
