preposterous

[美國]/prɪˈpɒstərəs/
[英國]/prɪˈpɑːstərəs/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 反常的,荒謬的,荒謬可笑的
adv. 反常地,荒謬地,荒謬可笑地

例句

That's a preposterous excuse!

那是一個荒謬的藉口!

a preposterous old woman

一位可笑的老婦人

What a preposterous idea!

多麼荒謬的想法!

It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.

用茶匙剷煤 是荒謬的。

why are you taxing me with these preposterous allegations?.

爲什麼你用這些荒謬的斷言來指責我?。

原聲例句

The International and Japanese Olympic Committees call the report preposterous and categorically untrue.

國際奧委會和日本奧委會稱該報道荒謬且絕對不真實。

來源: CNN 10 Student English January 2021 Collection

The idea is preposterous, and I kick it out of my head.

這個想法真荒謬,我把它提出了我的腦海。

來源: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Many scholars find this to be somewhere between insufficient, improbable and preposterous.

許多學者認爲依靠具有合併大優勢的單一突變體的這一語言進化理論是不充分、不恰當,而且荒謬的。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

I cannot accept my father's preposterous offer!

我不能接受我父親荒謬的求婚!

來源: Bedtime stories for children

But you have to add my name to your paper. That's preposterous.

但你們的論文得加上我的名字,太荒謬了。

來源: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

That's preposterous. How would she go unrecognized just by wearing a wig?

那也太荒謬了。怎麼可能她一戴上假髮,人們就認不出她了呢?

來源: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

I'm not recommending it. I'm saying it already happened. That's preposterous.

我不是提議 他已經那樣做了 這太荒謬了。

來源: The Big Bang Theory Season 3

But once they got going, mammals expanded prodigiously - sometimes to an almost preposterous degree.

但是,一旦起步,哺乳動物就大大地增大了自己的個兒——有時候大到了荒唐的地步。

來源: A Brief History of Everything

He can't handle the fact that I'm a bigger deal than he is now. Oh, preposterous!

他無法接受現在我比他還大咖的事實,真是荒謬!

來源: The Big Bang Theory Season 6

It may sound preposterous. And, of course, pets can't vote. But, often, misinformation starts with a kernel of truth.

聽起來可能很荒謬,當然,寵物是不能投票的。但是,假信息往往始於真相的核心。

來源: PBS Interview Social Series

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