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ridiculous

adjective
 
🔊/rɪˈdɪkjələs/
🔊/rɪˈdɪkjələs/
(also also informal ridic
🔊/rɪˈdɪk/
🔊/rɪˈdɪk/
)
Idioms
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  1. very silly or unreasonable愚蠢的；荒谬的；荒唐的 synonym absurd, ludicrous
    • I look ridiculous in this hat.我戴这顶帽子看上去很可笑。🔊🔊
    • Don't be ridiculous! You can't pay £50 for a T-shirt!别犯傻了！怎么能花 50 英镑买一件 T 恤衫！🔊🔊
    • It was ridiculous that this should be so difficult to say.荒谬的是，这很难说。
    • They ate and drank a ridiculous amount.他们胡吃海塞了很多东西。
    Extra Examples
    • The whole idea was patently ridiculous.整个观点明显很荒唐。
    • The whole situation appealed to her sense of the ridiculous.整个局势使她感到很荒唐。
    • This is getting ridiculous!这简直越来越荒唐！
    • Don't be so ridiculous!别犯傻了！
    • It's ridiculous to suggest that she was involved in anything illegal.暗示她与非法活动有牵连，这很荒唐。
    • That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.那是我听过的最无稽的事。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • really
    • absolutely
    • completely
    • …
    phrases
    • a sense of the ridiculous
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin ridiculosus, from ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.
Idioms
from the sublime to the ridiculous
  1. used to describe a situation in which something serious, important or of high quality is followed by something silly, unimportant or of poor quality从高超到荒谬；从高妙到低俗