rendition
/renˈdɪʃən/noun
1
- a performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music（尤指对戏剧角色或音乐的）演绎, 诠释：
a wonderful rendition of 'Nessun Dorma'.
对《今夜无人入眠》的精彩诠释。
1.1
- a visual representation or reproduction视觉形象, 视觉再现：
a pen-and-ink rendition of Mars with his sword drawn.
钢笔画中拔剑出鞘的战神马耳斯形象。
1.2
- a translation or transliteration译文; 直译。
2
- （亦作extraordinary rendition）[mass noun](especially in the US) the practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners秘密引渡（尤指在美国把外国罪犯或恐怖嫌疑犯送往一个在审讯时对犯人人道待遇约束较松的国家）。
WORD TRENDS
Although recorded as far back as 1980， the new sense of rendition is generally regarded as a product of the 'War on Terror'. It refers to the morally and legally ambiguous practice of sending suspects to be questioned in countries known to use harsh interrogation techniques and even torture. The Oxford English Corpus has shown a steady increase in examples throughout the last decade， with a particular rise in the phrase extraordinary rendition, which is now the most common collocate of rendition by far. The practice has also spawned a new sense of the verb render, meaning 'send someone abroad for interrogation'. Like extraordinary rendition, this has seen a surge in use in the last two years: he was seized in Pakistan and later secretly rendered to Morocco.
词源
early 17th cent.: from obsolete French, from rendre 'give back, render'.