| 单词 | disfigured |
| 释义 | disfigured (once / 2370 pages) adj Things that are disfigured don't look the same way they used to — they're damaged or spoiled in some way. A disfigured landscape might be one that's had all its trees cut down to make way for a new development. You might describe the town where you grew up as disfigured if dozens of tall buildings had been constructed since the last time you visited. People can also be described this way, especially when an accident leaves scars or otherwise damages the way they look. Disfigured comes from the prefix dis-, which means "not, un-, or away," and figured, from the Latin figura, "shape, form, or figure." WORD FAMILYdisfigure: disfiguration, disfigured, disfigurement, disfigures, disfiguring+/disfiguration: disfigurations/disfigurement: disfigurements/figuration: figurations/figurative: figuratively, nonfigurative/figure: disfigure, figuration, figurative, figured, figureed, figurer, figures, figuring, prefigure, subfigure/figurer: figurers/figuring: figurings/prefiguration: prefigurations/prefigure: prefiguration, prefigurative, prefigured, prefigures, prefiguring USAGE EXAMPLESThey even disfigured one girl’s thumbprints so she couldn’t be checked against the identity of the victim she was supposed to impersonate. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) It was only 12 years ago that Ukraine’s eventual president became disfigured after he mysteriously ingested a lethal poison while campaigning against a pro-Moscow candidate. Seattle Times(Dec 17, 2016) In 2014, she pleaded guilty to attacking a woman who was left with a disfigured nose. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) adj having the appearance spoiled a disfigured face strip mining left a disfigured landscape Syn ugly displeasing to the senses |
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