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Disfigure Disfigured Word Changing Verb 动词 D 英

英语单词 disfigure
英美音标 英 [dɪs'fɪɡə(r)] 美 [dɪs'fɪɡjər]
中文释义 v.使丑陋;损毁(外貌等)
英语例句 (1) The accident disfigured him for life.
(2) This landscape is disfigured by a power station.
中文例句 (1) 那次事故使他毁容,终生无法恢复。
(2) 风景被发电厂破坏了。
vocabulary简明 To disfigure something is to ruin its appearance, which is what would happen if you drew a big bushy mustache and a pair of antennae on the Mona Lisa.
vocabulary扩展 Unfortunately, disfigured people are almost always portrayed in the media as villains, or victims. The word does suggest a negative view of someone (after all, it doesn't just mean changing way something looks but specifically spoiling it). Organizations for disfigured people, however, like Changing Faces in England, have claimed the word as their own and use it proudly.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]使变丑;毁损…的容貌 If someone is disfigured, their appearance is spoiled.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • Many of the wounded had been badly disfigured.

    很多伤者面容严重受损。

disfigured
  • She tried not to look at the scarred, disfigured face...

    她尽量不去看那张带有疤痕的丑陋脸庞。

  • Two dogs attacked him, leaving him horribly disfigured.

    两条狗袭击了他,导致他面容全毁。

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[VERB 动词]破坏…的外形;毁损…的外观 To disfigure an object or a place means to spoil its appearance.
  [V n]
  • Wind turbines are large and noisy and they disfigure the landscape.

    风力涡轮机个头大、噪音响,还会破坏周边风景。

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