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

• 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。
• 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。
• It distorts competition, allows excessive risk-taking and imposes wholly unacceptable burdens on the public.
  这会扭曲市场竞争，允许银行过度承担风险，将完全无法接受的负担强加给公众。
• It may pose a barrier if its use obscures meaning and distorts what you want to say.
  它讲造成一个障碍，可能模糊含义以及歪曲你所说的话。
• It obscures information and so distorts behaviour.
  它让信息模糊，让行为失真。
• Mr Frattini also believes that the employment of illegal immigrants distorts competition.
  佛拉蒂尼还认为，雇用非法移民扭曲了竞争机制。
• They do not need global finance to prosper but global finance distorts their economy and politics.
  它们不需要全球金融就能实现繁荣，而全球金融反而扭曲了它们的经济和政治。
• Government control over the means of production radically distorts economic conditions, undermines efficient capital usage and compromises long-term potential.
  政府对生产方式的控制从根本上扭曲了经济，降低了资本使用率并损害了长期发展潜力。
• Television distorts our understanding of reality.
  电视节目扭曲了我们对现实的理解。
• The television habit distorts the sense of time.
  看电视的习惯会歪曲了时间感。