(travesties)
If you describe something as a ~ of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing.
Her research suggests that Smith’s reputation today is a ~ of what he really stood for...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
(travesties)
If you describe something as a ~ of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing.
Her research suggests that Smith’s reputation today is a ~ of what he really stood for...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012