Word · Frequency #48393
garbles
使混乱；使失真；使无法辨认
garbles is the third person singular of garble.
to make (a message, sound, or signal) unclear, confused, or unintelligible
- 1.
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
- 2.
To make false by mutilation or addition.
- 3.
To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
歪曲；篡改；断章取义；断章取义；混淆；[电] 曲解
In use
The journalist garbled the politician's speech to make it sound scandalous.
Don't garble the instructions by omitting important steps.
The translation garbles the original meaning of the poem.
garble sth
及物动词，直接接宾语。
The journalist garbled the interviewee's words.
记者曲解了受访者的话。
be garbled
常用被动语态，强调受事者。
The message was garbled during transmission.
信息在传输中被篡改或失真。
Verb forms
base garble · third person garbles · -ing garbling · past garbled · past participle garbled
注意：该动词为规则动词，过去式和过去分词直接加-ed。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- garble a message
- 使消息失真；歪曲消息
- The noisy phone line garbled the message, so I asked her to repeat it.嘈杂的电话线路使消息失真，于是我让她重复了一遍。
- garble the meaning
- 歪曲含义
- The translator accidentally garbled the meaning of the original poem.译者无意中歪曲了原诗的含义。
- garble the facts
- 歪曲事实
- The report garbled the facts to make the company look guilty.这份报告歪曲事实，让公司看起来有罪。
- garble the text
- 使文本混乱；使文字无法辨认
- The old scanner can garble the text on damaged pages.旧扫描仪会使受损页面上的文字混乱不清。
- garble the signal
- 使信号失真
- Heavy rain can garble the satellite signal.大雨会使卫星信号失真。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 garb（衣服）被揉得皱成一团：信息被弄乱、歪曲，就像衣服皱得无法辨认。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：通信与信号传输、新闻报道与文字转述、日常描述信息混乱 garble 属于中性词，通常用于表示信息在传递或转述过程中变得混乱、失真或无法辨认。多用于通信故障、数据出错或对原话的歪曲转述等场景，口语和书面语中都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 garble /ˈɡɑːbl/ 押韵的常见词是 marble /ˈmɑːbl/。warble /ˈwɔːbl/、gargle /ˈɡɑːɡəl/、table/fable/cable（/ˈteɪbəl/、/ˈfeɪbəl/、/ˈkeɪbəl/）虽拼写相近，但发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.