動詞 distort:

1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
   同義詞：falsify, garble, warp
2. form into a spiral shape
   同義詞：twist, twine
3. twist and press out of shape
   同義詞：contort, deform, wring
4. affect as in thought or feeling
   同義詞：tinge, color, colour
5. alter the shape of (something) by stress
   同義詞：deform, strain

1. How dare he distort the facts so brazenly!
   他怎么敢如此肆無忌憚地歪曲事實(shí)！
2. The government was accused of having systematically distorted the protester's case.
   政府因?yàn)橛杏媱澋赝崆棺h者的觀點(diǎn)而受到責(zé)難。
3. The reporter distorted the facts.
   記者們歪曲了事實(shí)。
4. You have distorted my motives.
   你曲解了我的動機(jī)。

dis.tort

v.tr.（及物動詞）
dis.tort.ed,dis.tort.ing,dis.torts
To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape.
扭歪，扭曲，使變形：扭動而脫離了正確的或天生的部位聯(lián)系；使變形
To give a false or misleading account of; misrepresent.
曲解，歪曲，誤傳：給出假象或使人迷惑的原因；誤傳
To cause to work in a twisted or disorderly manner; pervert.
誤用，濫用：以扭曲或混亂的方式工作；誤用

來源：
Latin distorquôre distort-
拉丁語 distorquôre distort-
dis- [apart] * see dis-
dis- [分開，分離] *參見 dis-
torquôre [to twist] * see terk w-
torquôre [扭歪，扭曲，使變形] *參見 terk w-

【引伸】
distort.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>distort,twist,deform,contort,warpThese verbs mean to change and spoil the form or character of something. To
這些動詞都表示變化或損壞某物的外形或特征。
distort is to alter in shape, as by torsion or wrenching;the term also applies to verbal or pictorial misrepresentation and to alteration or perversion of the meaning of something:
Distort 指通過扭轉(zhuǎn)或扭傷使改變形狀；該詞也可用來指對言語或繪畫的曲解和對某物意義歪曲：
例句：
.The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. (Francis Bacon).
.人的理解如同一面假鏡子，無規(guī)律地接收光線，將自己的本質(zhì)和事物的本質(zhì)混合起來，從而歪曲和玷污了事物的本質(zhì). （富蘭西斯·培根）。

Twist applies to distortion of form or meaning:
Twist 可用于指對外形的扭曲或?qū)σ饬x的歪曲：
例句：
a mouth twisted with pain.
痛得嘴歪了。

例句：
He accused me of twisting his words to mean what I wanted them to.
他指控我隨心所欲地歪曲了他的話。

Deform refers to change that disfigures and often implies the loss of desirable qualities such as beauty:
Deform 指使變形，常含有失去優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)（如美麗）之意：
例句：
Great erosion deformed the landscape.
巨大的侵蝕改變了地貌。

例句：
.The earlier part of his discourse was deformed by pedantic divisions and subdivisions. (Macaulay).
.學(xué)究式的劃分和次分損毀了他的講話的前一部分的外形. （麥考利）。

Contort implies violent change that produces unnatural or grotesque effects:
Contort 指巨大變化從而產(chǎn)生不自然的或奇異的結(jié)果：
例句：
a face contorted with rage;
由于發(fā)怒而使臉部劇烈扭曲；

例句：
a contorted line of reasoning.
歪曲奇異的思路。

Warp can refer to a turning or twisting from a flat or straight form (
Warp 可指扁型或直線型的改變或扭曲(
例句：
floorboards that had warped over the years). It also can imply the bending or turning of something from a true course or direction:
年久變形的地板)。 該詞也可指某事物正確路線或方向的歪曲或轉(zhuǎn)變：

例句：
Prejudice warps the judgment.
偏見歪曲了判斷