absurd
adjective /əbˈsɜːd/
/əbˈsɜːrd/
- extremely silly; not logical and sensible
荒谬的；荒唐的；怪诞不经的 - 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！
- She found the whole concept faintly absurd.
她觉得整个观念有点儿滑稽可笑。 - Such beliefs are patently absurd.
这样的信仰显然很荒唐。 - Don't be absurd! Why would he want to do a thing like that?
别荒唐了！他为什么要做这样的事？ - I must say I felt faintly absurd.
我必须说我觉得有点荒谬。 - It's absurd to suggest that I'm being unprofessional.
暗示我不专业是荒谬的。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- quite
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- a sense of the absurd
- That uniform makes the guards look absurd.
- the absurdnoun [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。
- He has a good sense of the absurd.
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin absurdus ‘out of tune’, hence ‘irrational’; related to surdus ‘deaf, dull’.