Absurdity
[əb'sɜːdɪtɪ] or [əb'sɝdəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a ludicrous folly; 'the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior'.
(noun.) a message whose content is at variance with reason.
丹整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
(n.) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
整理:玛丽
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly, foolery, extravagance, absurdness.[2]. Paradox, MARE'S NEST, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, absurd thing.
編輯:沃尔夫冈
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
編輯:普鲁登斯
例句/造句/用法:
- So far as practice is concerned the attempt is an absurdity. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The learned among them confess the absurdity of this doctrine; but the practice still continues, in compliance to the vulgar. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I before proved to you the absurdity of a single woman of your age proposing to accompany abroad a single man of mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The absurdity of the two last suppositions proves sufficiently the veracity of the firSt. Nor is there any fourth opinion. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Mr. Skimpole laughed at the pleasant absurdity and lightly touched the piano by which he was seated. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Good gracious-- Mr. Welland gasped, as if a second reading had been necessary to bring the monstrous absurdity of the thing home to him. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I began one note, in a six-syllable line, 'Oh, do not remember'--but that associated itself with the fifth of November, and became an absurdity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I suppose she is under a delusion, and will plunge into some absurdity, after all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But at least, Mama, you cannot deny the absurdity of the accusation, though you may not think it intentionally ill-natured. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- He was dressed for the pantomimes in all the absurdity of a clown's costume. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- According to others the good is pleasure; but then comes the absurdity that good is bad, for there are bad pleasures as well as good. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- So each week beheld some fresh absurdity. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- For they actually presented the absurdity of being less than his hopefulness had decided that they must be. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was at this moment that the absurdity of his recent bewilderment struck upon his mind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Meg's wedding has turned all our heads, and we talk of nothing but lovers and such absurdities. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- When any opinion leads us into absurdities, it is certainly false; but it is not certain an opinion is false, because it is of dangerous consequence. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- If we embrace this principle, and condemn all refined reasoning, we run into the most manifest absurdities. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- And at others, what a heap of absurdities it is! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- And yet in the absurdities which follow from some uses of the analogy, there seems to be an intimation conveyed that virtue is more than art. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I shall here endeavour to find some new absurdities in this reasoning. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Elizabeth loved absurdities, but she had known Sir William's too long. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- On their first introduction, omnibuses were considered absurdities, and were ridiculed as painted hearses. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The follies of vanity entrap them all into absurdities. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This pretence, much favoured by the lady-visitors, led to the ghastliest absurdities. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I hope,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'that our volatile friend is committing no absurdities in that dickey behind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Yes--and tragic--like most absurdities. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
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