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distort

【发音】

美 /dɪ'stɔrt/ 英 /dɪ'stɔːt/

【翻译】

  1. vi. 变形

    英释:to change the appearance, sound, or shape of something so that it is strange or unclear

  2. vt.歪曲,曲解;扭曲,使变形

    英释:to report something in a way that is not completely true or correct

【记忆】

dis(分开) + tort(卷缠) → 扭曲; 使变形

【例句】

  1. Tall buildings can distort radio signals.

    高大的建筑物会使无线电信号失真。

【真题例句】

  1. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...but we should not allow these extreme cases to distort our view of most young people...

【单词相关测试】

  1. Philosophers believe that desire, hatred and envy are “negative emotions” which ______ the mind and lead it into a pursuit of power and possessions.

    A. distortB. reinforceC. exertD. scramble

【同、近义词】

  1. vt.扭曲;使失真;曲解

    contort/misinterpret/

  2. vi.扭曲;变形

    become deformed/to morph/

【同根词】

  1. adj

    distorted : 歪曲的;受到曲解的

  2. n

    distortion : 变形;[物] 失真;扭曲;曲解

  3. v

    distorted : 扭曲(distortasd的过去式和过去分词)

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