absurd
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ab·surd /əbˈsɜːd, -ˈzɜːd $ -ɜːrd/ ●●○ adjective 1 STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEcompletely stupid or unreasonable 荒谬的，荒唐的，愚蠢的 SYN ridiculousquite/slightly/completely etc absurd It seems quite absurd to expect anyone to drive for 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting. 让人开3小时的车只为了去参加一个20分钟的会议，这好像很荒唐吧。 It seems an absurd idea. 这似乎是个荒唐的想法。► see thesaurus at stupid2 the absurd something that is completely stupid and unreasonable 荒诞，悖理 Some of the stories he tells verge on the absurd. 他讲的有些故事近乎荒诞。 —absurdity noun [countable, uncountable] Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation. 邓肯嘲笑那荒唐的局面。
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absurd• The idea seemed absurd.• Some gigs stand out as being particularly absurd.• That kind of thinking is absurd.• The fact that this singular, somewhat oppressive female was seeking out a religious man seemed absurd.• It would be absurd if it were not so unlikely.• How simple that concept seems now, but how inhuman, how futuristic, how absurd it sounded to me then.• a TV program with an absurd plot• I had seen shyness stiffen her into a quite absurd primness.• This may seem a little absurd since the buyer in possession may well not be a mercantile agent.quite/slightly/completely etc absurd• In any case the idea of such a thing between me and the lieutenant is quite absurd.• It sounds quite absurd but the other day I walked up the footpath from the road just to see if it was.• The Victoria County History mentions a quite absurd figure of £250,000.• Indeed it would be quite absurd if companies can not correct any mistake if all interested parties agree.• A little idiosyncratic, I think, my appearance - but without going to the slightly absurd lengths of ginger hair and freckles.• And once you've had one treble gin it seems slightly absurd not to have another.• I had seen shyness stiffen her into a quite absurd primness.• He'd had more time to think, to get used to this slightly absurd rapture.nAbsurd noun nthe Absurd (also the Theatre of the Absurd) a style of play for the theatre that was developed in the 1950s by writers such as Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco, whose work expresses the belief that there is no God, and that human existence has no meaning or purpose. These plays are very different from traditional theatre. The characters do not communicate effectively with each other, and often their words do not make sense. Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot is the best-known example of this type of theatre. —Absurdist adjectiveOrigin absurd (1500-1600) French absurde, from Latin absurdus, from ab- “away” + surdus “deaf, stupid”ab·surd adjectiveAbsurd nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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ab‧surd /əbˈsɜːd, -ˈzɜːd $ -ɜːrd/
adjective
SYN ridiculous
quite/slightly/completely etc absurd
It seems quite absurd to expect anyone to drive for 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting.
It seems an absurd idea.
2. the absurd something that is completely stupid and unreasonable:
Some of the stories he tells verge on the absurd.
—absurdity noun [uncountable and countable]:
Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
■ very stupid
▪crazy not at all sensible or reasonable – used when you are very surprised by someone’s behaviour or what they have said: Ian’s got some crazy plan to drive across Africa. | She looked at me as if I was crazy! | You’re crazy to think of hitch-hiking on your own.
▪ridiculous extremely stupid: You look ridiculous in that hat. | Some people spend a ridiculous amount of money on cars. | It’s absolutely ridiculous to suggest that he would do something like that.
▪absurd/ludicrous extremely stupid – used especially when an idea or situation seems strange or illogical: How can a return ticket cost less than a single? It’s totally absurd! | It was a ludicrous idea. | Some of the objections to the theory are simply absurd.
▪laughable so stupid that you cannot believe someone is telling the truth or being serious: The accusations were almost laughable. | a laughable suggestion | It would be laughable if it wasn’t so serious.
ab‧surd /əbˈsɜːd, -ˈzɜːd $ -ɜːrd/
adjective Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: absurde, from Latin absurdus, from ab- 'away' + surdus 'deaf, stupid'
1. completely stupid or unreasonable Language: French
Origin: absurde, from Latin absurdus, from ab- 'away' + surdus 'deaf, stupid'
SYN ridiculous
quite/slightly/completely etc absurd
2. the absurd something that is completely stupid and unreasonable:
—absurdity noun [uncountable and countable]:
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Absurd noun
the Absurd also the Theatre of the Absurd a style of play for the theatre that was developed in the 1950s by writers such as Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco, whose work expresses the belief that there is no God, and that human existence has no meaning or purpose. These plays are very different from traditional theatre. The characters do not communicate effectively with each other, and often their words do not make sense. Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot is the best-known example of this type of theatre.
—Absurdist adjective
Absurd
nounthe Absurd also the Theatre of the Absurd a style of play for the theatre that was developed in the 1950s by writers such as Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco, whose work expresses the belief that there is no God, and that human existence has no meaning or purpose. These plays are very different from traditional theatre. The characters do not communicate effectively with each other, and often their words do not make sense. Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot is the best-known example of this type of theatre.
—Absurdist adjective