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Absurd Absurdity Situation Completely Syn Noun Adj 荒诞的事物;悖理的东西

Absurd means ridiculous, illogical, and nonsensical. It is used to describe something that is not sensible or that causes amusement due to its lack of logic.

荒谬的;荒唐的;不合理的。表示某事物是可笑的,不合乎情理的。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]荒谬的;荒唐的;不合理的 If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
  [oft it v-link ADJ to-inf/that]
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  [disapproval]
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  • It is absurd to be discussing compulsory redundancy policies for teachers...

    讨论针对教师的强制裁员政策真是滑稽可笑。

  • I've known clients of mine go to absurd lengths, just to avoid paying me a few pounds...

    我知道我的一些客户就为了少付我几英镑,可谓无所不用其极。

  • That's absurd.

    那非常荒谬。

  • The absurd is something that is absurd.荒诞的事物;悖理的东西
    • Parkinson had a sharp eye for the absurd.

      帕金森对于荒诞不经的事一眼即明。

absurdly
  • Prices were still absurdly low, in his opinion...

    在他看来,价格依然低得离谱。

  • Absurdly, it makes shoppers overpay farmers to grow too much food.

    荒谬的是,这样会使得购物者支付过多的钱让农民去种太多的粮食。

absurdity
  • I find myself growing increasingly angry at the absurdity of the situation.

    对如此荒谬可笑的情况我感到越来越生气。

  • ...the absurdities of fashionable childcare methods.

    时下流行的滑稽可笑的育婴法


Oxford ab·surd / əbˈsɜːd ; NAmE əbˈsɜːrd / adjective 1 completely ridiculous; not logical and sensible 荒谬的;荒唐的;怪诞不经的 SYN
ridiculous
That uniform makes the guards look absurd. 警卫们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。 Of course it's not true, what an absurd idea. 那当然不合乎事实,这个想法太荒唐了!
2 the absurd noun [singular ] things that are or that seem to be absurd 荒诞的事物;悖理的东西 He has a good sense of the absurd. 他对荒诞事物有较强的识别能力。 ab·surd·ity / əbˈsɜːdəti ; NAmE əbˈsɜːrdəti / noun [uncountable ,  countable ] ( plural ab·surd·ities ) It was only later that she could see the absurdity of the situation. 要到后来她才看出了那种局面的荒唐。 ab·surd·ly / əbˈsɜːdli ; NAmE əbˈsɜːrdli / adverb SYN
ridiculously
The paintings were sold for absurdly high prices. 那些画以高得出奇的价格售出。
absurdity absurdities
ab·surd / əbˈsɜːd ; NAmE əbˈsɜːrd / ab·surd·ity / əbˈsɜːdəti ; NAmE əbˈsɜːrdəti / ab·surd·ly / əbˈsɜːdli ; NAmE əbˈsɜːrdli /
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absurdab‧surd /əbˈsɜːd, -ˈzɜːd $ -ɜːrd/ ●●○ adjective
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1completely stupid or unreasonable SYN  ridiculousquite/slightly/completely etc absurd It seems quite absurd to expect anyone to drive for 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting. It seems an absurd idea. see thesaurus at
stupid
2the absurd something that is completely stupid and unreasonable:  Some of the stories he tells verge on the absurd.absurdity noun [countable, uncountable]:  Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
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荒唐(45%),可笑的(26%),荒唐的(21%),不合理的(8%)
n.荒诞;荒诞作品
adj.荒谬的;可笑的

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