distort

英 [dɪ'stɔːt] 美 [dɪ'stɔːrt]

• vt. 歪曲；扭曲；变形
• vi. 歪曲

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 歪曲,曲解

   give a false or dishonest account of; twist out of the true meaning

2. vt. 扭曲,使变形

   twist out of a natural, usual, or original shape or condition

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 扭曲的，歪曲的

v. 动词

1. 曲解，歪曲
2. 扭曲， 扭歪，弄歪，使变形，使扭歪
3. 【电】使失真，使（电视等的声音、影象）变形
4. 使不正常
5. 变样，走样，变形，变相，面目全非
6. 误传，误述
7. 失真，畸变

英英释义

Verb:

1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

2. form into a spiral shape;

   "The cord is all twisted"
   

3. twist and press out of shape

4. affect as in thought or feeling;

   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
   "The sadness tinged his life"
   

5. alter the shape of (something) by stress;

   "His body was deformed by leprosy"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The reporter distorted the facts.
   记者们歪曲了事实。
2. How dare he distort the facts so brazenly!
   他怎么敢如此肆无忌惮地歪曲事实！
3. The government was accused of having systematically distorted the protester's case.
   政府因为有计划地歪曲抗议者的观点而受到责难。
4. This journalist distorted the spokesman's remarks.
   这名记者曲解了该发言人的话。
5. Arthritis had distorted her fingers.
   关节炎使她手指变形了。
6. The loudspeaker seemed to distort his voice.
   他的声音从喇叭里传出来好像失真了。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The bias of a reporter can easily distort the news.
   记者的偏见很容易歪曲新闻的报导。
2. Some newspapers distort news to make it seem more exciting.
   一些报纸为了使新闻看起来更令人兴奋而歪曲事实。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He distorted the fact.
   他歪曲事实。
2. The book presents a fundamentally distorted picture.
   该书所描绘的情景是对真相的根本歪曲。
3. Stop distorting what I've said.
   别再歪曲我的话了。
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4. His face was distorted by rage.
   他因发怒而脸色大变。

经典引文

• Her face was ugly, and her mouth distort.

  出自： Spenser

• To establish a pre-conceived theory..the historian sometimes distorted facts.

  出自： I. D

• Passion distorts judgment.

  出自： H. Spencer

• His mother had deliberately distorted his age.

  出自： G. Greene

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的distortus，意为扭曲。

近反义词

【近义词】

• misrepresent