| 单词 | distort |
| 释义 | distort (dɪstɔːʳt ) Word forms: distorts , distorting , distorted 1. verb If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way. The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad. [VERB noun] The minister has said his remarks at the weekend have been distorted. [VERB noun] distorted adjective These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy. Synonyms: deformed, bent, twisted, crooked Synonyms: misrepresented, twisted, false, coloured 2. verb If something you can see or hear is distorted or distorts, its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear. A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms. [VERB noun] His size was persistently distorted by the cartoonists. [VERB noun] This caused the sound to distort. [VERB] distorted adjective Sound was becoming more and more distorted through the use of hearing aids. Synonyms: deformed, bent, twisted, crooked Collocations: distort a fact They acknowledge that their memories may be distorting the facts. The Times Literary Supplement Authority also comes from a track record of being truthful and not distorting the facts. Christianity Today In some cases, he even fears that we may be creating misunderstandings which could distort the facts. Times, Sunday Times They said that it had printed false information to distort the facts. Times, Sunday Times More knew this work intimately, and he allowed it to shape his writing, even to the point of distorting the facts. The Times Literary Supplement They instead distort the shape of the letters themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cartograms, on the other hand, completely distort the shape of a region and directly encode a data variable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A collision can severely distort the shape of one or both galaxies, forming bars, rings or tail-like structures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sickle-cell versions of hemoglobin stick to themselves, stacking to form fibers that distort the shape of red blood cells carrying the protein. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As pressure in the brain increased it began pressing on their eyeballs, distorting their shape. Times, Sunday Times Still, it's a funny thing how a person's profession can distort their view of the world. Times, Sunday Times However, this will distort the view the further up and down the player looks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It distorts their view of the world and can harm development. The Sun It distorts your view of yourself, your view of everyone else, and you normally end up making errors of judgment all over the place. Times, Sunday Times Prosecution lawyers decided there was insufficient evidence to press charges but complained publicly that the programme had been heavily edited and distorted the views of the preachers. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps they even wanted to distort the image of who they were. The Times Literary Supplement Vigorously shaking the film may actually distort the image by causing the film to separate prematurely and creating blobs in the final image. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lensing effect can magnify and distort the image of the background source. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, high refresh rates may result in visual artifacts that distort the image in unpleasant ways. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He then distorts the image with graffiti or obtrusive geometrical designs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is there a sense that museums distort history because of their fears about how people will react? Times, Sunday Times If they distort history they are annoying, but if they faithfully record it you can find you know it all already, so what's the point? Times, Sunday Times He refrains from either diluting or distorting history to serve his ends. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They hop around and can distort light around them, making them difficult to catch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They reflect and distort light waves and even prevent him from using his heat vision because he risks lighting himself on fire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It distorts light waves 'only a little', making it 'almost' as if nothing were there. Times, Sunday Times The two papers are tenable theories on bending or distorting light to electromagnetically conceal an object. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's grimly fascinating listening, and a salient reminder of the power of the press to distort perceptions. Times, Sunday Times A sense of failure may distort perceptions of the minds and actions of parishioners. Christianity Today The next section discusses how film can distort perceptions of the past by simplifying events, missing nuance and filling gaps in evidence. Times, Sunday Times Ecstasy distorts perception and also increases risktaking. Times, Sunday Times It has become so all-consuming that it distorts the economy as a whole. Times, Sunday Times The larger the mission, the greater the risk, because such missions distort the economies of poor and fragile societies. Times, Sunday Times Easy access to labour distorts the economy and creates dependency. Times, Sunday Times High inflation made savings (and debts) lose 99% of their value, while the black market distorted the economy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Taxes on transactions are always potentially damaging, as they distort the market by pushing people's decisions away from an efficient market. Times, Sunday Times Its experience lends weight to the argument that catapults can distort the market. Times, Sunday Times In fact, they lobbied against food aid, because, they said, it would distort the market. Times, Sunday Times Some contend, for example, that the tax break would 'distort the market'. Times, Sunday Times The bank had been criticised by competitors for using its muscle to distort the market. The Sun They skillfully distort the meaning by their own interpretation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The poem also distorts the meaning of xenia, reducing the powerful bonds of host-guest friendship down to a calculated exchange of flattery for services. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This mandatory changes distorted the meaning and intentions of the film and negatively affected its reception. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But two big issues threaten to distort the picture. Times, Sunday Times It could be argued that the figures from the special-event matches distort the picture, which should become clearer in a month or so. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, well-meaning tax exemptions, to enable farming fathers to pass on their land to the next generation, have distorted the picture. Times,Sunday Times However, this distorts the picture. Times, Sunday Times But this erasure of failure and doubt distorts the picture, making it seem as though animals appear on demand for the experts, and are a cinch to identify. Times, Sunday Times In reality, there have been very few occasions when this has happened because they duck questions and distort the truth when it suits them. The Sun He can lie, distort the truth to others, go around it. Houston Chronicle I detest those who distort the truth in order to make their superiors happy ... Times, Sunday Times Before beginning this induction, though, the enquirer must free his or her mind from certain false notions or tendencies which distort the truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although she's not a pathological liar, she's more than willing to distort the truth if needed to accomplish an objective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 歪曲 Japanese: ゆがめる |
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