Absurd
[əb'sɜːd] or [əbˈsɚd,-ˈzɚd]
解释:
(noun.) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; 'The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth'--Albert Camus.
(adj.) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; 'the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant'- Walter Lippman .
(adj.) incongruous;inviting ridicule; 'the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework'; 'that's a cockeyed idea'; 'ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer'; 'a contribution so small as to be laughable'; 'it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion'; 'a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history'; 'her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous' .
卡拉校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
(n.) An absurdity.
整理:纳特
同义词及近义词:
a. Unreasonable, irrational, foolish, nonsensical, ridiculous, incongruous, senseless, unwise, silly, stupid, preposterous, PARADOXICAL, ill-judged, ill-advised, contrary to reason, contrary to the dictates of common sense.
乔琳整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Irrational, ridiculous, monstrous, senseless, asinine, stupid, chimerical,unreasonable, preposterous, silly, nonsensical, foolish
ANT:Sensible, rational, reasonable, consistent, sound, substantial, logical, wise,sagacious, reflective, philosophical
布鲁克整理
解释:
adj. obviously unreasonable or false: ridiculous.—ns. Absurd′ity Absurd′ness the quality of being absurd: anything absurd.—adv. Absurd′ly.
录入:维维恩
例句:
- It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- No, no,' pleaded the absurd creature. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Is this a place or am I a person to bring a lady to, you absurd lad? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Whatever is absurd is unintelligible; nor is it possible for the imagination to conceive any thing contrary to a demonstration. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I put my request in an absurd, almost insolent form. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I trust that this may all prove to be an absurd mistake, but you can see that--Ah, would you? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- How very absurd! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The doctrine of the origin of our several domestic races from several aboriginal stocks, has been carried to an absurd extreme by some authors. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- I'm not playing, I never do, said Frank, dismayed at the sentimental predicament out of which he was to rescue the absurd couple. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Besides, it's absurd. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- How absurd of you! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- This is absurd, you know. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Really, you say the most absurd things! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Quite so, but it seems rather an absurd blind, does it not? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Across it she said: Don't be absurd, Gus. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
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