Preposterous
[prɪ'pɒst(ə)rəs] or [prɪ'pɑstərəs]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.
(a.) Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.
整理:泰勒
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed.[2]. Absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous.
埃德蒙手打
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Monstrous, exorbitant, unreasonable, absurd, irrational, foolish, ridiculous
ANT:Just, due, fair, reasonable, moderate, right, judicious, orderly, sound
錄入:玛格利特
解釋/意思:
adj. contrary to nature or reason: wrong: absurd: foolish.—adv. Prepos′terously.—n. Prepos′terousness unreasonableness.
編輯:迈尔斯
例句/造句/用法:
- This preposterous order roused the Carthaginians to despair. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is at present a quite inexplicable story, and we give these preposterous facts with no attempt to rationalize them. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It does seem a very preposterous way of settling a dispute. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled our respect. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Most preposterous! 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The first is the making of Pycroft write a declaration by which he entered the service of this preposterous company. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Number two, Pa, is much to the same purpose, though not so preposterous. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Preposterous stuff! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I thought it was utterly preposterous--I distrusted it as the result of some perversity in my own imagination. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Sir Astley Cooper, the eminent surgeon, said to Robert Stephenson, when the latter called to see him about a new road, Your scheme is preposterous in the extreme. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It was the most preposterous position in which I ever found myself in my life, and it was the thought of it that started me laughing just now. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It seems too preposterous. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The idea of your having to work--it's preposterous. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The idea of any of the servants being in league with the Indians is a preposterous absurdity, in my opinion. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- At this point I agreed with you that it was preposterous, and was glad to find that all my deductions had been correct. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- To savages it would seem preposterous to seek out a place where nothing but learning was going on in order that one might learn. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Utterly preposterous as his cravat was, and as his collars were, I was conscious of a sort of dignity in the look. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Perhaps it seems preposterous to discuss baseball and syndicalism in the same paragraph. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The human mind has at no period accepted a moral chaos; and so preposterous a result was not strictly conceivable. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The case was plain, but it seemed preposterous, nevertheless--as preposterous as trying to knock down a mountain or wipe out a continent. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The cry raised against these men by the average reformer is a piece of cold, unreal, preposterous idealism compared to the solid warm facts of kindliness, clothes, food and fun. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
編輯:迈尔斯