
英:/'prɪˈpɒstərəsli/
adv. 荒谬地;不合理地
Some prices are preposterously high.
有些价格高得离谱。
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of his world are managed.
世人处理世事之荒谬,实在奇妙。
He argues, preposterously, that climate change can be curbed without spending much money.
他天真地辩称遏制气候变化无须花费太多金钱。
There is another variable, a preposterously internal variable, that drives us: our animal desire to do it.
还有另外一个变量,一个荒谬的内部变量,驱使我们:我们的动物的愿望去做。
The preposterous bailouts of this decade will come back to haunt Americans in future decades in preposterously high tax rates.
这个十年中的荒谬的救助将在未来数十年以高地不像话的税率的形式萦绕着美国人。
adv.|absurdly/nonsensically;荒谬地;不合理地
“Preposterously”是一个副词,用于描述某种行为或情况“极其荒谬、违反常理或逻辑”。它源自拉丁语“praeposterus”,由“prae”(前)和“posterus”(后)组成,字面意义是“前后颠倒”,引申为“不合逻辑的极端状态”。例如:“The company’s decision to invest preposterously in a failing market shocked everyone.”(公司在一个衰败市场中荒谬至极的投资决策令所有人震惊。)
该词常用于强调对理性或常识的背离,如描述离谱的主张(“preposterously false claims”)、不合理的价格(“preposterously high costs”)等。在文学和学术讨论中,它可批判缺乏依据的观点或行为,例如:“His theory was preposterously unsupported by evidence.”(他的理论荒谬到毫无证据支持。)
同义词包括“absurdly”“ridiculously”,反义词则为“reasonably”“sensibly”。语言学家指出,该词通过夸张表达强化否定态度,适用于正式与非正式语境。
preposterously 是副词,用于描述某种行为或情况极其荒谬、不合理或违背常理。以下是详细解析:
He preposterously claimed to have invented time travel.(他荒谬地声称发明了时间旅行。)
The politician preposterously blamed aliens for the economic crisis.(政客荒谬地将经济危机归咎于外星人。)
The prices were preposterously high.(价格高得离谱。)
Preposterously 用于强调行为或现象极度不合逻辑,常见于批评或讽刺语境。其词源暗示“本末倒置”,与荒谬性紧密关联。实际使用中需注意语境,避免过度口语化。
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