形容词
1. It is preposterous!
岂有此理！
2. That's a preposterous excuse!
那是一个荒谬的藉口！
3. What a preposterous suggestion!
多么可笑的建议！
4. It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.
用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的。
1. 荒谬,反理性的：preponderate 重量超过,占优势 | preposterous 荒谬,反理性的 | prerequistite 必备之事物
2. 反常的,十分荒谬的,乖戾的：1. preposterous 反常的,十分荒谬的,乖戾的 | 2. leukemia 白血病 | 3. malignancy 恶性肿瘤
3. 荒谬的：prevail 流行,盛行 | preposterous 荒谬的 | tumultuous 喧嚣的
1. 极其荒谬的；愚蠢至极的
If you describe something as preposterous, you mean that it is extremely unreasonable and foolish.
e.g. The whole idea was preposterous.
整个想法都荒唐透顶。
e.g. ...their preposterous claim that they had unearthed a plot.
他们无比愚蠢地声称自己发现了一个阴谋
1. Asking a relative or a close friend to go in your stead makes sense, but asking a total stranger is a little preposterous.
2. To equate the feelings toward one group of writers with the love - or the lack of it - for Chinese culture is preposterous.
3. " It is so preposterous that it is almost laughable, " he told Britain's Channel Four News.
4. Nowadays, it's almost preposterous to think politicians can be happy.
5. Hence, it is preposterous to link routine sways in the financial sphere with deliberate political motives.
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6. The Daily Mirror itself described the idea as " utterly preposterous to many people " and said there was no evidence to support the claim.
7. The statement said it is " preposterous " for the US to urge the DPRK to refrain from bolstering its nuclear deterrent.
8. It is preposterous to deny that how one dresses affects one's sex appeal.
9. However, netizens continued to challenge the response and said it was preposterous.
10. It is preposterous to pretend Prince Harry can be an ordinary soldier.
adj
1. incongruous
nviting ridicule
e.g. the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
that's a cockeyed idea
ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
a contribution so small as to be laughable
it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
Synonym: absurd cockeyed derisory idiotic laughable ludicrous nonsensical ridiculous