Most of those reports were a nightmare—grotesque, circumstantial, eager and untrue.

那些报大多数都是一场噩梦——离奇古怪，捕风捉影，煞有介事，而且不真实。

Some of the shows were grotesque and profane. Others were sanitized.

有些表演怪诞、世俗 其他的则被美化了。

By international standards America still imprisons a grotesque number of its citizens.

按国际标准来说，美国至今仍收监着很大数量的公民。

I know that the zombies are grotesque.

我知很怪异。

Those whom Nature had depicted as merely quaint became grotesque, the grotesque became preternatural; for all was in extremity.

本来天生奇特的东西，现在变得怪诞，本来怪诞的东西，现在变得超自然；一切都到了极点。

What I saw was not cool. It was grotesque.

我看到的画一点也不酷。而是很怪异。

Speaking for the grotesques, I'd have to disagree.

说到畸形怪胎，不是我多嘴。

By modern standards, the treatment of prisoners was grotesque.

【grotesque】按照现代标准来看，这样对待囚犯很荒唐。

Smallholder farming requires “grotesque” amounts of labour, Mr Studwell concedes.

Studwell 承认，小作需要“令人无法想象的”大量劳动力。

US statements that they are ready to continue improving relations look grotesque.

美国声称他们准备继续改善两国关系，这看起来很荒唐。

He said the fossil fuel industry's grotesque greed was destroying the planet.

他说化石燃料行业荒唐的贪婪正在摧毁这个地球。

Children being children, however, the grotesque Hopping Pot had taken hold of their imaginations.

然而，孩子就是孩子，古怪滑稽的跳跳埚占据了他们的想象。

This is a good letter, Dad. - Look, the heels on these shoes are grotesque.

这封信写得很不错，爸爸。- 这双鞋的鞋跟形状很奇怪。

The same disinhibition that allows for moments of great joy can also enable grotesque crimes.

释放压抑，给我们带来巨大的快乐，同样也会让我们犯下荒唐的罪行。

High above them, floating along in midair, four struggling figures were being contorted into grotesque shapes.

在他们头顶上方，四个挣扎着的人影在空中飘浮，被扭曲成各种怪异的形状。

The most grotesque and fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night.

夜晚躺在床上的时候，各种离奇怪诞的幻想纷至沓来。

I think everyone kind of wants to look after themselves and, you know, not be too grotesque.

我认为每个人都想对自己好点，不会太怪异。

And another influence would have been the medieval manuscripts where we find drollery or grotesques in the margins.

另一个影这些小装饰图像通常是幽默或性的本质。响可能是中世纪的手稿我们可以在页边发现滑稽和怪诞。

But it turns out the more grotesque an ape looks, the less valuable it is.

但事实证明，猿猴看起来越怪异，它的价值就越低。

It was grotesque to take such a risk.

冒这样的风险是荒唐的。