(a) distortion
【形式ばった表現】 a strained interpretation
distort [【形式ばった表現】 pervert] 《the meaning of a passage》
読み方 きょっかい
Misinterpretation; misconstruction; a wrong interpretation; a false interpretation; perversion:(=する) to misinterpret (one's meaning); to misconstrue (a passage):(わざとなら)to put a wrong construction on, put a false complexion on, put false colours on (one's remark); to pervert, strain, stretch, distort, wrench, wrest (the meaning of a passage); to twist (a word into some other meaning)