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

• We've leaped forward into absurdity.
  我们已经向前跨越到了荒谬阶段。
• 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。
• So balance is Camus 'hidden line, which correspond to absurdity in his works.
  所以可以说荒谬是加缪哲学的主线，而平衡是与其一直相对应的潜台词。
• 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。
• But even those who value the union despair at the complexity and absurdity of its finances.
  但即使是那些看重欧盟的人，也对它复杂荒谬的财政状况感到失望。
• 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。
• We all laughed at the absurdity in his reasoning.
  我们都嘲笑他的推理的荒谬。
• 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。
• Have abandoned the absurdity of the original work and revealed that satirizes meaning, have added a kind of tender feeling for the film.
  摒弃了原著的荒诞和揭露讽刺意味，为影片增添了一种温情。
• You'll discover the absurdity of most worries in this way.
  这样你会发现你的大部分忧虑是毫无道理的。