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farfetched

/fahr-fecht/US // ˈfɑrˈfɛtʃt //

牵强附会,牵强,牵强的,牵强附会的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained: He brought in a far-fetched example in an effort to prove his point.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unbelieveable

Examples

  • While the comparison between Joffrey and Justin may seem cruel, it may not be so farfetched.

  • Predicting Palestinian genocide of Jews under a one-state solution is a mite farfetched, I would submit.

  • “Rahm running for president is not as farfetched as it might sound,” Sabato said.

  • Clothes came down the runway in a variety of splashy colors, with elaborate brocades and farfetched inspirations.

  • For a girl growing up in Hong Kong 15 years ago, being an artist was a farfetched notion.

  • They will persist in quoting Mill's farfetched eulogy, without referring to other passages in the essay On Liberty.

  • The resemblance, however, is rather farfetched, and moreover this same name is found on Keowee river in South Carolina.

  • Then a scene ensued that if put upon the stage would be deemed farfetched, if not incredible.

  • And, if he owed her any debt of honor, no matter how farfetched and fantastic, it was canceled now.

  • That it should be taken by the whole outfit as a broad hint to ask no questions seemed to him rather farfetched.