absurdity

[US]/əb'sɜːdɪtɪ/
[UK]/əb'sɝdəti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 极端无理性, 荒谬的行为
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

reduction to absurdity

n. 归谬法,反证法

Example Sentences

Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.

邓肯对这荒唐的情形不以为然。

The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh.

情况的荒谬可笑使每个人都笑了。

an absurdity carried to its ultimate

极端的荒谬

It was only later that she could see the absurdity of the situation.

只是到了后来她才看出了那种局面的荒唐。

Augustine (On Jn. tr. 34, 8f).A convenient, festive messianism, without strength and responsibility is an absurdity, it is even satanism (Mt 16, 23).

一个合宜的,救世主的节日,缺少强度和责任是荒谬的,简直是撒旦(玛十六23)。

Shameless hilarity in restaurants, malls, on the sidewalk -- a private world of absurdity and delight, in love with the ridiculousness of the world and each other.

在饭店里,商店里,人行道上无视别人的目光尽情地嬉闹着—仿佛世上只有我们两个人,充满着不可思议和快乐.

Real-world Examples

She said her lawyer had highlighted the absurdity of her judicial harassment.

她说她的律师指出了其司法骚扰的荒谬。

Source: BBC Listening Collection March 2013

So each week beheld some fresh absurdity.

所以这每周一幕的荒诞剧还在继续上演。

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Oh, the absurdity of it all.

这事的荒谬。

Source: Deadly Women

Here in the trees it was much easier to believe the absurdities that embarrassed me indoors.

在这片树林里,更容易相信那些让我在室内尴尬的关于吸血鬼的谬论。

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

In its smutty absurdity the situation was irresistibly comical.

这样的淫猥荒唐,叫人不能够不觉得滑稽。

Source: Brave New World

And for many people, the feeling of absurdity is unbearable.

对许多人来说,这种荒谬的感觉让人无法忍受。

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Seeing the absurdity in such squabbles has proven to be crucial.

事实证明,明白这种争吵很荒谬是至关重要的。

Source: People Magazine

Instead, Mr Loznitsa allows the absurdity and tragedy of life to speak for themselves.

相反,洛兹尼察先生允许生活的荒谬和悲剧为自己辩护。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It is sheer absurdity to think yourself " guilty" for rendering such a service.

局促东隅,终非久计。

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

On the other, faced with this absurdity, we have millions of poor people in France.”

另一方面,在这种极其不合理的情况下,法国仍然生活着数百万的穷人。”

Source: VOA Special March 2016 Collection

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