garble
/ˈɡɑː.bəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡɑːr.bəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgär-bəl/ (ame, mw)
garble — 動詞
- garblepresent simple I / you / we / they
- garbles3rd person singular
- garbling-ing form
- garbledpast simple
1. to repeat or pass on words, a name, or a piece of information in such a confused
扭曲；亂講
把訊息或名字傳得含糊不清難懂
to repeat or pass on words, a name, or a piece of information in such a confused or broken form that listeners can no longer make sense of it.
The radio operator garbled the captain's instructions and the rescue team went to the wrong island.
無線電操作員把船長的指示傳得亂七八糟，救援隊跑到了錯誤的島上。
garble + noun (instructions); typical context of transmission error
Tanvi was so nervous on stage that she garbled the opening line of her favourite poem.
Tanvi 在台上太緊張，把自己最喜歡那首詩的開頭句念得亂糟糟。
garble + noun (line); subject is the speaker, not a relayer
Newspapers garbled the scientist's quote, making her sound much more certain than she really was.
報紙扭曲了那位科學家的原話，讓她聽起來比實際上肯定得多。
Please do not garble my name when you introduce me to the visitors from Osaka.
你介紹我給大阪來的客人時，請不要把我的名字念錯。
The phone line was so bad that Dario completely garbled the address he was trying to give.
電話線太差，Dario 把他想給的地址完全講得含糊不清。
- articulate
to express clearly and effectively
- clarify
to make a confused statement easier to understand
文法句型
garble + noun (a message, name, words)
用法筆記
Object is almost always a message-like noun (words, name, quote, line, instructions, address, lyrics, story). Subject can be either the original speaker who stumbles or someone passing on a message who mangles it.
常見錯誤
garble — 名詞
1. a confused or broken version of something that was originally clear, especially
亂糟糟的版本
原本清楚的訊息被扭曲後的混亂版本
a confused or broken version of something that was originally clear, especially a piece of spoken or written information.
The notes from the meeting were just a garble of half-finished sentences and missing names.
那場會議的筆記就只是一堆寫到一半的句子和漏掉的人名而已。
a garble of + noun phrase
What reached the village was a garble of the original warning, with no shelter location given.
傳到村裡的是原本警告訊息扭曲後的版本，沒有告知避難地點。
a garble of + the original [message]
Manuela read out the email, but it sounded like a complete garble to the team.
Manuela 把那封信念出來，但在其他組員聽來完全像一團亂語。
The early radio recording is now a garble of static and broken speech.
那段早期的廣播錄音現在只剩雜音和斷斷續續的人聲。
- clarity
the quality of being clear and easy to understand
文法句型
a garble of + noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense verb/1: the noun names the resulting messy version, while the verb names the act. Frequently appears in the frame 'a garble of [the message / the original / words]'.