ludicrous

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lu·di·crous /ˈluːdəkrəs/ adjective  STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEcompletely unreasonable, stupid, or wrong 荒唐的，愚蠢荒谬的，可笑的 SYN ridiculous It is ludicrous to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol. 说我酒后驾车，这真是太荒唐了。 The court granted him the ludicrous sum of £100 in damages. 法院裁定他获得区区100英镑损害赔偿。 That’s a ludicrous idea. 这个想法很荒唐。► see thesaurus at stupid —ludicrously adverb a ludicrously inadequate army 作战能力奇差的军队 —ludicrousness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

ludicrous• They want two million dollars for the house? That's ludicrous!• This sort of thing was bad enough at eighteen, she thought; at my age it is ludicrous and humiliating.• It was a ludicrous but terrifying sight.• Since I mentioned this ludicrous example of time-wasting to Julia MacKenzie, she has phoned roughly twice a day.• Yet it is equally ludicrous for a city to ask its taxpayers to subsidize a private good such as golf.• The Press interest in this affair seems likely to reach ludicrous heights with the Grand Prix tomorrow.• The telephone lines are only open during office hours, which is ludicrous in this day and age.• And as he talked, I thought how ludicrous life sometimes was.• She wears short skirts and dyes her hair pink, which looks ludicrous on a woman her age.• It is difficult to know whether this is more ludicrous or tragic.Origin ludicrous (1600-1700) Latin ludicrus “playful”, from ludus “play”

lu·di·crous adjectiveChineseSyllable  

unreasonable, wrong or Corpus completely stupid,

ludicrous
lu‧di‧crous /ˈluːdəkrəs, ˈluːdɪkrəs/ adjectivecompletely unreasonable, stupid, or wrong
   SYN  ridiculous:
    It is ludicrous to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol.
    The court granted him the ludicrous sum of £100 in damages.
    That’s a ludicrous idea.
—ludicrously adverb:
    a ludicrously inadequate army
—ludicrousness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

■ 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.

ludi·crousBrE /ˈluːdɪkrəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈluːdɪkrəs/ 🔊 adjectiveunreasonable; that you cannot take seriously 不合理的；不能当真的 SYN absurd, ridiculous ◆a ludicrous suggestion荒谬的建议◆It was ludicrous to think that the plan could succeed. 认为此计划会取得成功是荒唐的。🔊🔊▸ ludi·crous·ly BrE /ˈluːdɪkrəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈluːdɪkrəsli/ 🔊 adverb◆ludicrously expensive贵得出奇▸ ludi·crous·ness BrE /ˈluːdɪkrəsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈluːdɪkrəsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]