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adj.荒谬的⁷⁹;可笑的²¹副词preposterously名词preposterousness
不合适异常荒诞
Adjective:
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 来自拉丁语praeposterus,矛盾的，前后颠倒的，来自prae,在前，post,在后。引申词义荒唐的，荒谬的。GRE红宝书pre前, postern 海报; 招贴, ous: 玩牌时在脸上贴着纸条－可笑的
源自pre 前 + post 后，后跑到前边去了，前后顺序错乱→荒谬
pre前面+poster招贴+ous；联想：像玩牌时在额前贴上纸条一样→可笑的钱博士pre在前面+poster跟随而来，在后面的(东西，和常见前缀post-在后面同源)+ous形容词后缀→在后面的东西放到了前面→前后颠倒的⇒反常的，怪诞的，荒唐的pre在前面+poster跟随而来，在后面的(东西，和常见前缀post-在后面同源)+ous形容词后缀→在后面的东西放到了前面→前后颠倒的⇒反常的，怪诞的，荒唐的。GRE难词记忆preposterous → pre=before 在 前面+post=after 在后面+erous→又在前面又在后面的→荒谬的词根记忆pre前+ post后+ erous → “前”、“后”两个前缀放在一起了 ⇒荒谬的词根记忆pre前面+poster+ous=前面后导致=荒谬的近义词 silly愚蠢的crazy疯狂的absurd荒唐的criminal罪犯foolish愚蠢的idiotic愚蠢的singular单数的derisory嘲笑的ludicrous荒谬的laughable可笑的ridiculous荒谬的outrageous过分的outlandish奇异的cockeyed斗鸡眼的senseless无感觉的unthinkable不可能的unreasonable不合理的incredible难以置信的nonsensical没有意义的unbelievable难以置信的
形容词98%,名词2%
用作形容词That's apreposterousaccusation!那样的指责简直荒谬可笑！
The result ispreposterous.结果很可笑。adj.ridiculous, bizarre
同义词 absurd,crazy,excessive,fantastic,foolish,impossible,incredible,insane,irrational,laughable,ludicrous,nonsensical,outrageous,senseless,shocking,silly,stupid,unbelievable,unreasonable,unthinkableasinine,exorbitant,extravagant,extreme,far-out,harebrained,monstrous,out of the question,taking the cake,thick,too much,unusual,wacky,wild
反义词 bad,balanced,believable,credible,good,intelligent,logical,plain,plausible,poor,possible,practical,rational,realistic,reasonable,responsible,sane,sensible,serious,smart,sound,tenable,wise
absurdadjective ridiculous, senseless
batty,campy,crazy,daffy,dippy,flaky,fooling around,foolish,for grins,freaky,gagged up,goofy,idiotic,illogical,inane,incongruous,irrational,jokey,joshing,laughable,loony,ludicrous,nonsensical,nutty,off the wall,sappy,screwy,silly,stupid,tomfool,unreasonable,wacky
balmyadjective insane
absurd,bugged out,cracked,crazed,crazy,daft,deranged,dotty,foolish,harebrained,idiotic,loony,mentally incompetent,moronic,nuts,nutty,odd,potty,preposterous,silly,stupid,wacky
cockeyedadjective crooked, askew
absurd,askance,askant,asymmetrical,awry,cam,canted,crazy,crooked,cross-eyed,lopsided,ludicrous,nonsensical,preposterous,squint,strabismic
counterintuitiveadjective contrary to common sense
absurd,capricious,contradictory,erratic,faulty,illogical,implausible,nonsensical,preposterous,reasonless,senseless,sophistic,unreasonable,untenable
crazieradjective unrealistic, fantastic
absurd,balmy,beyond all reason,bizarre,cockeyed,derisory,eccentric,fatuous,foolhardy,foolish,goofy,half-baked,harebrained,idiotic,ill-conceived,impracticable,imprudent,inane,inappropriate,insane,irresponsible,loony,ludicrous,nonsensical,odd,out of all reason,outrageous,peculiar,preposterous,puerile,quixotic,ridiculous,senseless,short-sighted,silly,strange,unworkable,weird,wild
craziestadjective unrealistic, fantastic
absurd,balmy,beyond all reason,bizarre,cockeyed,derisory,eccentric,fatuous,foolhardy,foolish,goofy,half-baked,harebrained,idiotic,ill-conceived,impracticable,imprudent,inane,inappropriate,insane,irresponsible,loony,ludicrous,nonsensical,odd,out of all reason,outrageous,peculiar,preposterous,puerile,quixotic,ridiculous,senseless,short-sighted,silly,strange,unworkable,weird,wild And having just sentenced Miss Suu Kyi to another18 months’ house arrest on the most preposterous of charges, just as repressive.
并且，最近刚以最荒谬的莫须有罪名判决 Aung San Suu Kyi另一个18个月居家软禁，正如禁锢心灵一样。 ecocn
Speaking on behalf of the Liverpool board in court this afternoon, Lord Grabiner QC called Hicks and Gillett’s Dallas restraining order a “ grotesque parody, preposterous, unfair, unjust.”
今天下午，代表利物浦队董事会出庭发言的格拉比内勋爵将希克斯和吉列的达拉斯禁令称为“古怪的、荒谬的和不公正的”。 forbeschina
The idea that France is fixed and that there is nothing useful to do for the next18 months is preposterous.
法国顽固不化且接下来的18个月没有什么值得做的事情，这个想法是荒谬的。 ecocn
The Marlboro Man, meanwhile, master of wild beast and wild country, seems too far-fetched and preposterous even for advertising.
同时，万宝路男人，野兽征服者和野蛮的荒野，看似太牵强荒谬，甚至有点做广告的意味。 yeeyan
The movie has a keen, bitter sense of the sudden breakdown of preposterous illusions.
电影犀利尖刻地反映了那些荒谬幻象的瞬间崩溃。 yeeyan
To the fair-minded, such claims are preposterous.
公正的说，这样的观点是荒谬的。 ecocn
Yes, I know. This sounds preposterous.
我知道，这听起来很荒谬。 blog.sina.com.cn
AT FIRST sight, the idea that Europe has anything to teach America about tackling unemployment seems preposterous.
一眼看来，欧洲去教美国怎样处理失业问题，这个想法似乎很荒谬。 ecocn
California's program promotes energy independence, Schwarzenegger said in a statement backing the lawsuit. Doing away with the program“would be preposterous, ” he said.
施瓦辛格在回应诉讼的声明中表示，加利福尼亚州的计划推广了能源独立，“取消这一计划荒谬可笑。” yeeyan
For complex problems, trying one solution and getting upset when it fails is preposterous: any single solution is likely to fail.
对于复杂的问题，如果只试一种办法，一旦遭遇失败则为之心烦意乱，这是很荒谬的，因为任何单一的办法都可能以失败告终。 yeeyan
I find that preposterous, not to mention distasteful, given that some of these people have lost their life savings.
有些投资者在这场骗局中损失了毕生的积蓄，在这种情况下，我觉得上面这类说法不仅荒谬，而且让人反感。 shinewrite
I realize that seems a preposterous claim.
我知道这个断言有点荒谬。 yeeyan
Milton explains the preposterous of the idea that he has ever visited a prostitute.
弥尔顿对这个荒谬的说法解释到,他曾经拜访过一个妓女。163
Mr Kagame’s spokesman has dismissed the accusation as “ preposterous”.
Kagame的发言人已经否认了这个“荒谬”的指控。 ecocn
Mrs Bachmann has a record of making factual mistakes, repeating untruths and adopting preposterous stances.
等巴克曼女士曾有犯下实际错误，再三撒谎的以及采取荒谬的姿态等记录。 ecocn
No matter how preposterous the rule, it stays and stays, regardless of whether it works to accomplish its end.
不管规则多么荒谬，它总是呆在那儿，不论其是否达到其目的。 yeeyan
Over his career, his35 broken bones made the Guinness Book of Records; his body rattled with pins and plates, and it seemed preposterous that he should have died in his bed, of pulmonary fibrosis.
在克尼维尔的飞车生涯中，他最终能登上吉尼斯记录是用他35根断骨换来的；他的身上布满了嘎嘎作响的别针与金属板，而且有人说他本该因肺部纤维症而死在自己的床上，这听起来实在荒谬。 ecocn
So the notion that this has happened only a few times among the thousands of controllers“ is preposterous, ” he said in a telephone interview.
所以被认为几千的空中交通管制员仅有几次在工作中睡着，这种说法是很荒谬可笑的。 yeeyan
Some of their ideas are nasty, others merely preposterous. A few are downright dangerous.
他们的一些观点令人生厌，另一些只是荒谬得可笑，个别的则属于绝对危险。 ecocn
This claim is— of course— preposterous.
当然，这一主张是荒谬的。 yeeyan
This is all preposterous!
这些都太荒谬了。 eol
Transport experts said the law was preposterous and the government should focus on providing facilities such as level footpaths and wheelchair ramps rather than requiring people to wear signs.
交通专家称，这种法规相当荒谬，政府应着力为残疾人修建平坦的人行道和轮椅坡道，而不是要求他们佩戴标记。 hxen
Yet the idea of putting the constitution to French and Dutch voters again is preposterous.
然而，那种企图将宪法再次抛向法国与荷兰民众的想法是极其荒谬的。 ecocn |