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disfigured

/dis-fig-yer; British dis-fig-er/US // dɪsˈfɪg yər; British dɪsˈfɪg ər //UK // (dɪsˈfɪɡə) //

毁容的,毁容,损毁的,毁损的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing.

    • : to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
    • : to mar the effect or excellence of: His reputation was disfigured by instances of political favoritism.

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Examples

  • Others, like panamensis, mostly found in Panama and Colombia, attack the mucous membranes that line the inside of the nose and mouth, disfiguring people permanently.

  • Topping in this way permanently disfigures the natural form.

  • Massive commercial surveillance for the sake of a few companies is disfiguring our societies.

  • There were points where I thought it was possible I could either die or become seriously disfigured.

  • It would not mutilate and disfigure the body, for it is a sacred temple, to be made beautiful and attractive.

  • I never saw any one who so well defies the power of time and vice to disfigure.

  • Footnote 184: This remark refers to several blots of ink which disfigure the page of his Journal on which he was writing.

  • The documents stolen by Reuter were interpolated by the police so as to disfigure their meaning.

  • A fine line made with a medium pencil will answer the same purpose and will not materially disfigure the box.