preposterous
英[prɪ'pɒst(ə)rəs]
美[prɪ'pɑstərəs]
- adj. 荒谬的；可笑的
实用场景例句
- These claims are absolutely preposterous!
- 这些要求简直荒谬绝伦！
牛津词典
- The band were famous for their preposterous clothes and haircuts.
- 这支乐队以怪异的服装和发式而闻名。
牛津词典
- a preposterously expensive bottle of wine
- 一瓶天价的葡萄酒
牛津词典
- The whole idea was preposterous.
- 整个想法都荒唐透顶。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...their preposterous claim that they had unearthed a plot.
- 他们无比愚蠢地声称自己发现了一个阴谋
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such preposterous impertinence.
- 面对着述种荒谬无礼的行为,很难处之泰然.
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- What could be more preposterous?
- 事之可怪,宁有逾此?
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- It was the most preposterous position in which I never found myself in my life.
- 这是我有生以来从未碰到的最荒谬绝伦的场面.
辞典例句
- The result is preposterous.
- 结果很可笑.
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- Flamboyant, sexually blatant, frequently preposterous, it is redeemed in part by Mailer's energy and curiosity.
- 本书光怪陆离,色情泛滥, 多处荒谬可笑, 幸而梅勒的精力和好奇心使这部小说没有全盘失败.
辞典例句
- It was preposterous; it was impossible.
- 这太荒唐了, 真不可想像.
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- They had all inherited their father's preposterous quickness and elegance.
- 他们全都继承了父亲那种不同寻常的敏捷和高雅.
辞典例句
- This is a preposterous plan.
- 这是一个狂妄的计划.
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- Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous.
- 任何批评家对一部小说表达的愤怒和讨厌都是荒谬的.
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- She didn't know what to say to such a preposterous idea.
- 她不知该怎样回答这个荒谬无比的想法.
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- The whole thing looked a little bit too preposterous to be true, It'seemed to me.
- 整个事情看起来有点荒谬的是真实的, 在我看来.
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- What a preposterous idea!
- 多么荒谬的想法!
辞典例句
- They are asking a preposterous price for the work.
- 他们为该作品漫天要价.
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- It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.
- 用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- From Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words.
- 从杜伯恩的字典寻常, 模糊和荒谬的话.
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- The excuse he gave for his lateness was so preposterous that everyone laughed.
- 他为自己的迟到所编造的藉口是如此荒谬,以至大家都感到好笑.
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- I never had dreamed of any such preposterous results as the thing that had happened.
- 我做梦也没有想到,事情的结果竟是如此之荒唐透顶.
名作英译部分
- This paper inspects the preposterous semantic structure of Chinese from the corner of cognitive.
- 悖谬性结构词语,其语义认知基础是词的“不可能特征”,具有合语法而悖于认知原型的语义结构特点.
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- It is as usual as daily life, Nobody notice the preposterous of it.
- 它如同平常生活那样, 没有人在乎它的荒谬.
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- That's a preposterous excuse!
- 那是一个荒谬的藉口!
辞典例句
- The way the workers are getting out of hand just lately is simply preposterous!
- 工人的嚣张,简直不成话!
子夜部分
- The children have built something out of an orange crate, something preposterous and ascendant.
- 孩子们用橘子箩里的橘子砌成一个物体, 一个荒诞可笑但充满朝气的东西.
辞典例句
- What a preposterous suggestion!
- 多么可笑的建议!
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- Any presumption those smoking is in anyway beneficial is totally preposterous.
- 任何对抽烟不管怎样样是有益的假设都是完全荒谬的.
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