词汇 | disfigure |
释义 | disfigure verb[ T ] uk /dɪsˈfɪɡ.ər/ us /dɪsˈfɪɡ.jɚ/ to spoil the appearance of something or someone, especially their face, completely: 损毁…的外观;使毁容 She was horribly disfigured by burns.她的脸因烧伤而变得惨不忍睹。 This part of the old town has been disfigured by ugly new buildings.老城的这一地区已经被丑陋的新建筑搞得面目全非了。 Synonyms blemish deface to spoil something spoilDon't spoil the movie by telling me what happens! ruinI put too much salt in the sauce and ruined it. defaceMany of the library books had been defaced. disfigureHer face was disfigured by the scar. sourOur friendship soured after the argument, and we just drifted apart. poisonThe long dispute has poisoned relations between the two countries. Destroying and demolishing annihilate annihilation apocalypse bash bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of somethingidiom costly erosion erosional erosionally erosive extirpate saboteur sack sacking sacrifice scarred self-destruct sink wipe disfigure | American Dictionarydisfigure verb[ T ] us/dɪsˈfɪɡ·jər/ to spoil completely the appearance of someone or something: She was horribly disfigured by burns. Examples of disfiguredisfigure They can use other semiotic strategies, such as to deconstruct, disfigure or disturb patriarchal conventions. Conversely, linguists may feel that the area of convergence is a misrepresentation that disfigures their discipline. Injuries range from minor and temporary to permanently disfiguring. Injuries may range from minor and temporary to permanently disfiguring. Misprints continue to increase and disfigure new books. Upon convection, the resulting disturbances dramatically disfigured the cavity surface, thus negating the original purpose. These incidents could range from excessive corporal punishment leading to bruising, to permanently disfiguring injuries. I will mention just three of the many typos which disfigure the book. Women often perceive these changes in appearance to be disfiguring. She has had significant emotional suffering due to social isolation and the stigma of cancer, and feels disfigured as a result of bilateral mastectomy. Every one was twisted or swollen or disfigured in some strange way. Discussing ' ' athletes ' ' as ' ' athletes, ' ' let alone as ' ' celebrities, ' ' in the early nineteenth century leaves the book's first chapter disfigured by anachronism. Lets railway arches all our streets disfigure? The continual fighting and dying, the mounting disfigured bodies of comrades, the sleeplessness and fatigue, the emotional stress, all had taken their toll on the combatants. But that gaze also disfigures the land. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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