| 词汇 | distorting |
| 释义 | distorting present participle ofdistort distort verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈstɔːt/ us /dɪˈstɔːrt/ distortverb[T] (CHANGE SHAPE)to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural: The map distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size. a distorting mirror Synonyms contort deform With this form of editing you can distort the shape of an object or piece of text. Her face was distorted by anger. We are looking at the picture through a distorting lens. Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed describe distortion entwine flex flexion flexural rewind swirlingly swoopy tangle tangled tangly wristy writhe zigzag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Patterns and shapes Change and changes distortverb[T] (CHANGE MEANING)to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean: She accused her opponent of distorting the truth. The survey methods can distort reality. to say something not true in order to deceive lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says. tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree. lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it. fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful. misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married. deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion. The new movie distorts some key facts. As usual, the media have distorted my words. His enemies have deliberately distorted his character and actions. I believe the press have distorted the situation. Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsehood falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction lie mythologically mythologize perjure perjury someone can talk!idiom washing weasel words white lie whopper You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Change and changes distortverb[T] (AFFECT)to change or affect something, especially in a way that makes it worse: The government is actually distorting markets and undermining competition. There's a danger this could distort his judgment. Subsidies can distort competition. The closing of the factory has distorted unemployment figures. Our response should not be distorted by feelings of anger or revenge. Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Change and changes distortverb[T] (SOUND)to make sound produced on electrical equipment sound strange and unpleasant because of changes in the shape of the sound wave: a powerful amplifier capable of producing sound at high volume without distorting it The sound system distorted the vocals. If you turn up the volume on a weak amplifier it starts distorting the sound. They experimented with slowing the tape down to distort the sound. Background noise could distort the sounds he received through his hearing aid. Recording sounds and images analogue audiovisual balance binaural binaurally cut deepfake digitally fast-forward low-resolution misrecord mix monophonically play something back postproduction prerecord remaster rewind sample videotape Examples of distortingdistorting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A related question is whether an internal wave field might be generated within the test section, distorting the mean profiles in the tunnel. Providing cash (rather than benefits in kind, food stamps or vouchers) is more cost-effective and flexible, and avoids the creation of distorting secondary markets. An unequal distribution of capabilities is left intact, once the distorting effects of past social practices and treatable disease and disability are addressed. And in this context even the appearance of distorting incentives may have a profound effect on the perceptions of the organization's stakeholders. The distorting effect of 15 minutes of fame outweighs all other considerations. And yet, that very presence is often perceived as responsible for confusing legal principles, distorting basic rules of interpersonal relations in law. Both will have to be concerned about all manner of distorting factors and causal relations, however laborious this may be. Increasing the impeller angle to = 10 (figure 15c) has the effect of significantly distorting the tori into asymmetric shapes. Although legislatures are surely subject to distorting influence in their choice of ends, they ordinarily are superior to courts as rulemaking bodies. What if an evil genius were distorting arrays? Downes is at his most poetic here, bringing sophistication and urbanity, without distorting the movement's natural eloquence. As the use of certificates expanded in the later sixteenth century, the distorting effect is probably significant. An unequal distribution of capabilities is left intact, once the distorting effects of past social practices and treatable disease and impairment are addressed. We present a model of endogenous growth in which government consumption and production services are financed by distorting capital taxes. Linking government too closely to theatre production politicized it, he wrote, thereby ' ' distorting it for propaganda use. 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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