| 单词 | travesty |
| 释义 | travesty (once / 5026 pages) nv A travesty is a cheap mockery, usually of something or someone serious, such as a travesty of justice. A travesty is a silly imitation, like a tall young man dressed up like a little old lady. Travesty and transvestite both come from French travesti meaning "dressed in disguise," so it helps to remember the definition of travesty by thinking of that football player in drag. A travesty can be more than that, though. A travesty of justice, for example, is a court case that makes a mockery of the system, or so you might think if the verdict isn't in your favor. There are lots of examples in literature: the book Don Quixote is a travesty of Medieval Romance. WORD FAMILYtravesty: travestied, travesties, travestying USAGE EXAMPLESTom Hollander returns to the role of Henry Carr in the West End transfer of Tom Stoppard's Travesties to the Apollo. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) It was a travesty of competitiveness, of will with so much left to win. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) "The Egyptian court finally awoke to the travesty of justice entailed in jailing a novelist for a work of fiction," Nossel said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Syn|Hyper burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff caricature, imitation, impersonation a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect 2n a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations Syn|Hyper farce, farce comedy comedy light and humorous drama with a happy ending 3v make a travesty of Hyper burlesque, parody, spoof make a parody of |
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