ridiculous

基本词汇

英 [rɪˈdɪkjələs]

美 [rɪˈdɪkjələs]

adj.荒谬的；可笑的

副词: ridiculously 名词: ridiculousness

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adj.(形容词)

adj.(形容词)

1. 愚蠢的;荒谬的;可笑的
If you say that something or someone is ridiculous, you mean that they are very foolish.

ridiculous

e.g. It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance...
暗示我们正在谈恋爱的说法真是太荒谬了。
e.g. It was an absolutely ridiculous decision.
这是一个绝对荒谬的决定。

用作形容词(adj.)

用作形容词 (adj.)

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副词+～

A realistic sense of humour always saved her from becoming ridiculous.
出自：V. Brittain
Inchcape spoke as though marriage were some ridiculous custom of primitive tribes.
出自：O. Manning
A ridiculous looking man, with tiny legs,..a protruding stomach, and a large head.
出自：M. Muggeridge

adj.(形容词)

ridiculous, absurd, fatuous, foolish, silly, stupid: 这组词都有“愚蠢,荒唐,可笑”的意思。其区别是：
absurd指因为不符合常理或人情而令人觉得荒唐可笑; ridiculous指因为不符合常理或人情而引起别人的讥笑或鄙视; foolish侧重“愚蠢”,多用来指人,也可以指行为,多指因为缺乏智慧或判断力而造成; silly多用于口语,比foolish语气重,指极端的和明显的“愚蠢”,有令人觉得“糊涂”的含意,有时也可以指“傻气; 憨; 不懂事”,指行为、言语等时有“无聊的; 无意义的”含意; stupid强调“愚笨”,常指由于智力低下或其他原因而引起,往往含有“呆滞麻木”的含意,具有较强的贬义,有时也可指事物的“无聊; 乏味”; fatuous含有愚蠢盲目但自我感觉良好以致达到无法认清自己的地步的意思。