When someone or something is disfigured, the look they used to have has been ruined. We use it most about a person's face or body: a fire, a deep cut, an illness, or someone hurting them on purpose can leave them disfigured.

When someone or something is disfigured當一個人或一樣東西是disfigured（毀容的、外觀被毀的），the look they used to have has been ruined代表他原本的樣子被毀了。We use it most about a person's face or body這個字最常用在人的臉或身體上：a fire, a deep cut, an illness, or someone hurting them on purpose can leave them disfigured火災、很深的傷口、疾病，或是有人故意傷害對方，都可能讓人變得disfigured。

You will also hear it about things that are not people — a statue with an arm torn off, a wall with ugly holes, a pretty street spoiled by a huge new building.

You will also hear it about things that are not people你也會聽到它用在不是人的東西上——a statue with an arm torn off, a wall with ugly holes, a pretty street spoiled by a huge new building像是斷了手臂的雕像、有醜陋破洞的牆壁、被一棟巨大新建築搞砸的漂亮街道。

News writers and doctors use this word; it feels serious. It is not a joke, and it is not a word for everyday chat about clothes or hair.

News writers and doctors use this word新聞寫作者和醫生會用這個字；it feels serious它給人的感覺很嚴肅。It is not a joke它不是開玩笑的用詞，and it is not a word for everyday chat about clothes or hair也不是日常聊衣服或頭髮時會用到的字。

Though actually, kind people are careful with it around a living person, because it can sound as if the person is only the damaged look. Many speakers would rather name the burn or the scar, or wait and use the words the person uses for themselves.

Though actually不過其實，kind people are careful with it around a living person善良的人在活生生的當事人面前會小心使用這個字，because it can sound as if the person is only the damaged look因為聽起來可能會像是把這個人化約成只剩下那個被毀的外觀。Many speakers would rather name the burn or the scar很多人寧願直接說出燒傷或疤痕，or wait and use the words the person uses for themselves或是等著用當事人自己使用的說法。

It does not mean “born looking ordinary” or “wearing ugly clothes.” A plain face is not a disfigured face. Disfigured means the first look was broken.

It does not mean “born looking ordinary” or “wearing ugly clothes.”它不是「生來長相普通」或「穿得很醜」的意思。A plain face is not a disfigured face長相平凡的臉不是disfigured的臉。Disfigured means the first look was brokendisfigured指的是原本的樣子被弄壞了。