absurdity

英 [əbˈsɜːdɪti]

美 [əbˈsɜrdəti]

n.  不合理；荒谬；谬论；荒唐的事；荒唐；荒唐行为

复数：absurdities　

BNC.11686 / COCA.12372

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 荒谬的；荒唐的；不合理的
  If you say that something isabsurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
  1. It is absurd to be discussing compulsory redundancy policies for teachers...
     讨论针对教师的强制裁员政策真是滑稽可笑。
  2. I've known clients of mine go to absurd lengths, just to avoid paying me a few pounds...
     我知道我的一些客户就为了少付我几英镑，可谓无所不用其极。
  3. That's absurd.
     那非常荒谬。
  4. The absurdis something that is absurd.
     荒诞的事物;悖理的东西
  5. Parkinson had a sharp eye for the absurd.
     帕金森对于荒诞不经的事一眼即明。

英英释义

noun

• a ludicrous folly
  1. the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior
  Synonym:fatuityfatuousnesssilliness
• a message whose content is at variance with reason
  Synonym:absurdnessridiculousness

双语例句

• The fallacy has been exposed in its naked absurdity.
  这谬论的荒诞性已被充分揭露。
• Once aboard we were soon helpless with laughter at the absurdity of it
  一上飞机我们就按捺不住，大笑起这事的荒唐。
• Camus argued that not absurdity but absurd outcome is important.
  加缪觉得荒谬并不重要，重要的是荒谬的结果。
• Yet numerous harsh lessons from time immemorial only prove the absurdity of this notion.
  但自古以来无数的惨痛教训，都足以证明这种念头是荒唐的。
• The absurdity of theatre of the absurd results, in part, from the radical ways of symbolization.
  荒诞派戏剧产生荒诞感的重要原因是基于象征手段的极端化。
• He began to pity himself, but a sense of the absurdity of his thoughts made him smile.
  他开始可怜自己，但又感觉到自己的想法荒谬而微笑了。
• Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
  赛缪尔·约翰森（英国文豪）：几乎所有荒谬的行为都源于对那些不可仿造之人的模仿。
• The author has overdrawn the villain to the point of absurdity.
  作者把那个反面人物夸张到了荒谬的地步。
• I may have been nine when I began to worry about the absurdity of heaven and eternal life, and about the jeopardy that I was incurring by those evil doubts.
  大约在我9岁的时候，我开始担忧天堂和永生的荒谬性，也担忧这些不敬的怀疑给我带来的危险。
• You may be sensitive to a point of absurdity.
  你可能对荒谬的事十分敏感。