[scode type="share"]distort[/scode]
音标：/dɪ'stɔːt/
英英释义：
①If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way.【v.歪曲;扭曲;曲解】
②If something you can see or hear is distorted or distorts, its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear.【v.(使）变形;(使)失真】
例句：
①The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad.
媒体会歪曲事实，将人说得不是完美无缺就是一无是处。
②His size was persistently distorted by the cartoonists.
漫画家们总是把他画得变形了。
③This caused the sound to distort.
这导致了声音的失真。
[scode type="share"]keep a tight lid（on）
限制；抑制；隐瞒[/scode]
英英释义：
If you say that someone is keeping the lid on an activity or a piece of information, you mean that they are restricting the activity or are keeping the information secret.
例句：
①The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence.
士兵的存在似乎抑制住了暴力活动。
②Their finance ministry is still trying to put a lid on the long-simmering securities scandal.
他们的财政部仍在试图遮掩一触即发的证券丑闻。
China Daily一篇关于Esports的文章Gamers give a much-needed boost to hoteliers nationwide也出现了这个表达：
除此之外，“keep a lid on”还有一个其他的意思，表示：（对开支的）控制，封顶 【If you say that you want to keep a lid on the cost of doing something, you mean that you want to prevent it costing you more than you feel is reasonable.】
举个栗子：
If our industry is to remain competitive it must mean keeping a lid on prices.
我们的行业要想保持竞争力，就必须对价格加以控制。
其实这个短语是很好记忆的。“lid”本身表示“盖子；眼睑”。把盖子紧紧盖住其实就可以延伸为“限制、隐藏”等~
