the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else.

少数富人和几乎所有其他人之间悬殊的贫富差距。

They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.

他们尽量不去看他那丑陋的面庞和残疾的身躯。

Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.

格拉斯的小说里充斥着稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、邋遢的人以及侏儒。