nonsensical

英 [nɒnˈsensɪkl]

美 [nɑːnˈsensɪkl]

adj.  荒谬的; 无意义的

GRE

BNC.19291 / COCA.20151

牛津词典

adj.

• 荒谬的；无意义的
  ridiculous; with no meaning

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 愚蠢的;荒唐的;瞎说的
  If you say that something isnonsensical, you think it is stupid, ridiculous, or untrue.
  1. It seemed to me that Sir Robert's arguments were nonsensical...
     在我看来，罗伯特爵士的争辩纯属瞎说。
  2. There were no nonsensical promises about reviving the economy.
     复苏经济的承诺是千真万确的。

英英释义

adj

• having no intelligible meaning
  1. nonsense syllables
  2. a nonsensical jumble of words
  Synonym:nonsense(a)
• incongruous
  1. the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
  2. that's a cockeyed idea
  3. ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
  4. a contribution so small as to be laughable
  5. it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
  6. a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
  7. her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
  Synonym:absurdcockeyedderisoryidioticlaughableludicrouspreposterousridiculous

双语例句

• It is positively painful to read XML that is formatted with only machines in mind ( no whitespace, or nonsensical whitespace).
  阅读格式化成仅用于机器阅读的XML肯定是痛苦的（无空白或无意义的空白）。
• A common view of traditional life, particularly organized religion, as primitive and nonsensical.
  一般对传统生活的看法，特别是有组织的宗教，通常被视为原始和荒谬的。
• Hence, any content, however absurd and nonsensical, can be viewed as possible.
  因此任何内容，即使最荒谬、最无意识的东西，均可看作是可能的。
• In the experiment, adults were given four different coloured cards and asked to associate nonsensical words with them.
  实验中，给成年人4张不同的彩色卡片，让他们自己把卡片跟没有意义的单词联系在一起。
• And with no one to speak to of what I felt, no Jane to comfort me and say that I had not been so very weak and vain and nonsensical as I knew I had!
  我心里有许多感触，可是找不到一个人可以倾诉，也没有个吉英来安慰安慰我，说我并不象我自己所想象的那样懦弱，虚荣和荒诞！
• Childhood dreams are often nonsensical, ambitious, funny and strange.
  童年的梦想通常是无厘头的，野心的，有趣和奇怪的。
• Their methods of assessment produce nonsensical results.
  他们的推理方法产生了荒唐的结果。
• However, to the contrary, there are some adverse sorts of rituals and ceremonies existing in our society and its nonsensical meaning and spiritual conception are always confusing our mind.
  然而，相反来说，总有一些负面的各种风俗和仪式存在于我们的社会中，它的荒谬的内涵和精神概念都常常使我们感到愈发迷惑和不解。
• It seemed to me that Sir Robert's arguments were nonsensical
  在我看来，罗伯特爵士的争辩纯属瞎说。
• Don't be nonsensical! No one would agree to that suggestion.
  别瞎闹了！没人会同意那建议。