distorts

英 [dɪˈstɔːts]

美 [dɪˈstɔːrts]

v.  使变形; 扭曲; 使失真; 歪曲; 曲解
distort的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 歪曲;扭曲;曲解
  If youdistorta statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• V-ERG (使）变形;(使)失真
  If something you can see or hearis distortedordistorts, its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear.
  1. 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。
  2. His size was persistently distorted by the cartoonists...
     漫画家们总是把他画得变形了。
  3. This caused the sound to distort.
     这导致了声音的失真。

双语例句

• Our tax code discourages work and entrepreneurship, saving and investment, and distorts the allocation of capital.
  美国的税收规则挫败了人们在工作与创业、储蓄与投资方面的积极性，并扭曲了资本分配。
• It distorts the natural formation of trends.
  它扭曲了自然的趋势。
• The journalistic uncertainty principle obtains: the act of observation distorts what is being observed.
  新闻工作不确定法则中：观察的行为会扭曲被观察的事物。
• Equally important, it distorts the economy by discouraging adequate investment in either the agricultural or productive sector.
  同样重要的是，不论在农业还是生产部门中缺乏足够的投资歪曲了经济的发展。
• Television distorts our understanding of reality.
  电视节目扭曲了我们对现实的理解。
• I think this undoubtedly distorts the real intention of the regional architecture.
  我想这无疑曲解了地域性建筑的本意。
• Buying Fairtrade chocolate no more distorts the chocolate market than buying a Louis Vuitton handbag distorts the handbag Market.
  购买公平贸易巧克力对巧克力市场的扭曲，不比购买一个路易威登（louisvuitton）手袋对手袋市场的扭曲作用大。
• It distorts the quality cost, do not know its potential impact.
  它歪曲了质量成本，没有搞清楚其潜在的影响。
• As such, it distorts their functioning, the price discovery process and the allocation of capital.
  结果将使市场功能、价格发现机制和资本分配遭到严重扭曲。
• Since any subsidy distorts decisions towards greater profligacy, government debt will probably swell, possibly to unsustainable levels.
  由于任何补贴都可能扭曲政府决策，令其更加倾向于挥霍，政府债务可能会膨胀，乃至上升至不可持续的水平。