v. （使）变形，（使）失真；（使）反常

v.  歪曲，曲解

v.  扭曲

• distortion

  n.  歪曲; 曲解

  n.  变形; 失真

• distorts the market  扰乱市场秩序

• Tall buildings can distort radio signals.

  高大的建筑物会使无线电信号失真。

• The media distorts reality; it categorizes people as all good or all bad.

  媒体歪曲事实，将人分为十足的好人和坏蛋。

• I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest. 

  我认为说他们被自身利益所驱使是对事实的公然扭曲。

• We, of course, need to pay attention to youngsters who are filled with discontent and hostility, but we should not allow these extreme cases to distort our view of most young people. 扭曲观点

• It may give inaccurate or distorted information to the public. 歪曲的信息

• It leaves the patient with a distorted memory. 记忆被扭曲

• What a distortion of resilience!  对…的曲解

BrE /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/