Distortion

(noun.) the mistake of misrepresenting the facts.

(noun.) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.

(noun.) a change for the worse.

(noun.) a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal); 'heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion'.

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• If you have ever seen a collie smile you may have some idea of Woola's facial distortion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• There is a big distortion in the transmitting of ideas. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Archer saw no trace of the slight distortion left by her stroke. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I raised his rigid limbs, I marked the distortion of his face, and the stony eyes lost to perception. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Yes, it will, said Celia, with the same touching distortion of her small features. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Doubtless the leaves of the Cumaean Sibyl have suffered distortion and diminution of interest and excellence in my hands. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Judging from analogy, the tendency to distortion would no doubt be increased through the principle of inheritance. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• And what a distortion in your judgment, what a perversity in your ideas, is proved by your conduct! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This last story and many such stories may be lies or distortions or exaggerations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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