Perversion
[pə'vɜːʃ(ə)n]
解释:
(noun.) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); 'it was a perversion of justice'.
(noun.) an aberrant sexual practice;.
(noun.) a curve that reverses the direction of something; 'the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion'; 'perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords'.
编辑:罗达--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.
手打:洛雷塔
同义词及近义词：
n. Impairment, injury, vitiation, corruption, debasement, prostitution, abasement.
编辑:兰德尔
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Abuse, misrepresentation, distortion, corruption, misinterpretation,caricature, sophistry
ANT:Use, conservation, representation, right, truth, portraiture, manifestation,explanation, interpretation, reason, correction, authentication, verification
编辑:摩尔
例句:
- Catastrophes are disastrous to radical and conservative alike: they do not preserve what was worth maintaining; they allow a deformed and often monstrous perversion of the original plan. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Of these the first and second were extremely condensed, while the last is, as I shall now show, an absolute perversion of the facts. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- I saw in this that I, too, was tormented by a perversion of ingenuity, even while the prize was reserved for me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- I certainly do not admire the end he serves: the extension of an autocrat's power is a frivolous perversion of government. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Horrid perversion of Scripture and of religion! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Instead of being its transcript, it was a perversion. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- I do not make perversions. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
手打:奈杰尔