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preposterous

/pri-pos-ter-uhs, -truhs/US // prɪˈpɒs tər əs, -trəs //UK // (prɪˈpɒstərəs) //

荒唐,荒诞不经,荒诞不经的,荒唐的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; utterly foolish; absurd; senseless: a preposterous tale.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.ridiculous, bizarre
Synonyms
absurd荒谬的,荒唐,荒唐的,荒诞不经crazy疯狂的,疯狂,疯了,发疯excessive过量,过量的,过大的,过大fantastic梦幻般的,奇异的,奇妙的,奇异foolish愚蠢的,愚昧的,愚昧,愚蠢impossible不可能,不可能的事,不可能的,不可能的事情incredible难以置信,不可思议,不可思议的,难以置信的insane疯了,疯狂的,疯癫,疯疯癫癫irrational非理性的,不理性的,不理智,不理智的laughable可笑的,可笑,可笑的是,好笑的ludicrous可笑的,可笑,可笑的是,荒唐nonsensical无稽之谈,无意义的,毫无意义的,无聊的outrageous匪夷所思的,匪夷所思,匪夷所思的事,匪夷所思的事情senseless毫无意义,毫无感觉,毫无意义的,无意义shocking令人震惊的,触目惊心,令人震惊,震惊silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢stupid愚蠢的,愚蠢,笨,笨笨unbelievable不可思议的,难以置信,难以置信的,不可思议unreasonable不合情理的,不合情理,不合理的,不合常理unthinkable匪夷所思,不可思议,匪夷所思的,不可思议的asinine卑鄙无耻,卑鄙的,卑鄙无耻的,卑鄙exorbitant过高的,过高,高昂的,昂贵的extravagant挥霍无度,奢侈的,挥霍浪费,奢华的extreme极端,极限,极端的,极限的far-out遥远的,远的,远方,远方的harebrained胡思乱想,胡思乱想的人,胡思乱想的,胡思乱想的家伙monstrous可怕的,可怕,可怖的,可笑的out of the question不可能,不可行,不行,没戏了taking the cake夺冠,夺魁,夺取蛋糕,夺冠大计thick浓密的,浓厚的,浓重的,浓密too much太多,过多,过多的,太多的unusual不寻常,不寻常的,异常,异乎寻常wacky古怪的,古怪wild野生,野性,野外,野生的
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Examples

  • DeRosa also said she believed that the idea that she would lead an investigation into workplace culture was preposterous.

  • It’s heard in the preposterous arguments against vaccinating children and Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

  • Stone’s film is finally sunk by its preposterous visuals, which are legitimately hilarious.

  • In all those years focusing on survival, the cynical voices were given a preposterous amount of room to criticize.

  • At the airport, it felt preposterous to obey the social-distancing signs throughout the terminal, only to be squashed like standing sardines once we all got on the plane.

  • Some cough up preposterous jury awards, while others lay bare the egregious failures of the criminal justice system.

  • I am genuinely curious if any of the preposterous ramifications of what he is saying even occur to Kennedy.

  • I found the whole idea so preposterous I even Tweeted about it.

  • By 1994, the league slugging percentage was a preposterous .424, the highest since 1930.

  • “Trying to patch the current system is preposterous and destined for failure,” said Dr. Damania.

  • But he made it most emphatically clear that the thing Alessandro had asked was not only out of the question, but preposterous.

  • And I, for one, absolutely decline to believe in this preposterous story of his about a bull-dog.

  • He knew his world too well to make preposterous mental demands upon it.

  • For this was the preposterous nature of the imposition, and she claimed to have given birth to no less than eighteen of them.

  • Her hope had been to escape loneliness, but with this preposterous secret, she was lonelier than she had ever been before.

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