incongruous
adjective /ɪnˈkɒŋɡruəs/
/ɪnˈkɑːŋɡruəs/
- strange, and not suitable in a particular situation
不合适的；不相称的；不协调的 - Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our technical age.
此类传统方法似乎同我们今天的科技时代格格不入。 - The two of them made an incongruous couple.
他们俩是不相配的一对。 - a collage of seemingly incongruous images
由一些看似互不相干的形象组成的拼贴画
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词源early 17th cent.: from Latin incongruus (from in- ‘not’ + congruus ‘agreeing, suitable’, from the verb congruere) + -ous. - Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our technical age.