[VERB 动词]歪曲;扭曲;曲解 If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way.
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The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad...
媒体会歪曲事实,将人说得不是完美无缺就是一无是处。
The minister has said his remarks at the weekend have been distorted.
部长说他周末的讲话被曲解了。
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These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy.
这些数据会使人误解其对地方经济的重要性。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)变形;(使)失真 If something you can see or hear is distorted or distorts, its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear.
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A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms...
画家可能会对线条和形状进行夸大或扭曲。
His size was persistently distorted by the cartoonists...
漫画家们总是把他画得变形了。
This caused the sound to distort.
这导致了声音的失真。
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Sound was becoming more and more distorted through the use of hearing aids.
使用助听器会使声音变得越来越失真。
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dis·tortAWL/dɪˈstɔːt; NAmEdɪˈstɔːrt/verb1distortsth to change the shape, appearance or sound of sth so that it is strange or not clear 使变形;扭曲;使失真◆a fairground mirror that distorts your shape露天游乐场的哈哈镜◆The loudspeaker seemed to distort his voice.他的声音从喇叭里传出来好像失真了。2distortsth to twist or change facts, ideas, etc. so that they are no longer correct or true 歪曲;曲解◆Newspapers are often guilty of distorting the truth.报章常犯歪曲事实的错误。◆The article gave a distorted picture of his childhood.这篇文章对他的童年作了歪曲的描述。▶dis·tort·ionAWLdistortiondistortions/dɪˈstɔːʃn; NAmEdɪˈstɔːrʃn/noun[countable , uncountable ]◆modern alloys that are resistant to wear and distortion耐磨、防变形的新型合金◆a distortion of the facts对事实的歪曲distortdistortsdistorteddistortingdis·tort/dɪˈstɔːt; NAmEdɪˈstɔːrt/dis·tort·ion/dɪˈstɔːʃn; NAmEdɪˈstɔːrʃn/
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distortdis‧tort /dɪˈstɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ ●○○AWL verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to change the appearance, sound, or shape of something so that it is strange or unclear: Tall buildings can distort radio signals.2[transitive] to report something in a way that is not completely true or correct: His account was badly distorted by the press.3[transitive] to change a situation from the way it would naturally be: an expensive subsidy which distorts the market—distorted adjective: His face was distorted in anger.—distortion /dɪˈstɔːʃən $ -ɔːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]: a gross distortion of the facts
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