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absurdity

/ab-sur-di-tee, -zur-/US // æbˈsɜr dɪ ti, -ˈzɜr- //

荒诞性,荒谬性,荒唐,荒谬的事

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ab·surd·i·ties.

    • : the state or quality of being absurd.
    • : something absurd.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounridiculous situation or behavior

Examples

  • The draw of the deep dish is its absurdity, not its greatness.

  • Sometimes, absurdity is the best part, to be honest, because it allows authentic human reaction to mix with a sort of inconsequential ridiculousness that provides complication only in the moment and matters only on the field of play.

  • Peak absurdity came in 1978, when one poll declared Southern California the winner while the other named Alabama, even though Southern California had manhandled Alabama in Alabama that year.

  • Laughter, like humor, typically sparks from recognizing the incongruities or absurdities of a situation.

  • Aside from the absurdity of some of the shots, his efficiency stands out as even more ridiculous.

  • It simultaneously reveals the absurdity of dictatorship and gives comfort to those languishing under an impossible reality.

  • He stops after a second, looks around him and laughs, apparently realizing the absurdity of the endeavor.

  • Outside of the absurdity of “blood splatter” flying through the air is the implication that Ebola can be “breathed” at all.

  • Iyer employs a terrific combination of erudition and absurdity that calls to mind the great postmodernists.

  • The absurdity of the prefix is immediately clear in that no-one ever speaks of “working fathers.”

  • "They make me feel injustice and look upon absurdity," replied this philosopher of thirteen.

  • Lucy looked at her cousin; the absurdity of the scene was too much for her; she closed the door and laughed till she cried.

  • But in what previous age could it have been used at all without evident absurdity?

  • As a religion Buddhism is an absurdity; in fact, it is no religion at all, only a system of moral philosophy.

  • Did not a famous theologian recognize the absurdity of admitting the existence of a God and arresting His course?