preposterous

preposterous

美 [prɪˈpɑst(ə)rəs] 　英 [prɪˈpɒst(ə)rəs]

• adj.荒唐的；极不合情理的；怪诞的；离奇古怪的
• 网络荒谬的；可笑的；反常的

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At this point I agreed with you that it was preposterous, and was glad to find that all my deductions had been correct.

在这一点上，我同意你的看法，它的确非常荒谬，我很高兴知道，我的所有推论都是正确的。

In the entire history of mankind, there has not been a more preposterous spectacle than this.

在整个人类的历史上，再也没有比这个更加荒唐的奇观了。

It might sound preposterous but the only way out of this logjam is to pull back the manufacturing base out of China.

现在的办法也许是荒谬可笑的，但现在解决僵局的唯一办法就是将制造业移出中国。

It's such a preposterous setup that I was always aware of the plot chugging away, and the logistics of the chase defy all common sense.

如此荒谬的铺垫，总是让我觉得这个故事已经熄火了。还有追捕过程中的供给问题，完全不合常理。

There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was preposterous and embarrassing to work in such a government.

没有牙膏，没有肥皂、洗衣粉，生活必需品得不到满足，在这样的一个政府里工作是荒谬和尴尬的。

I find that preposterous, not to mention distasteful, given that some of these people have lost their life savings.

有些投资者在这场骗局中损失了毕生的积蓄，在这种情况下，我觉得上面这类说法不仅荒谬，而且让人反感。

Once upon a time, the thought that Korean or Japanese vehicles could compete with Detroit seemed preposterous.

曾经，韩国车和日本车会与底特律竞争的想法好像是那么的荒谬。

At the time the IWW's vision of a new worker-controlled order seemed "if not on the verge of becoming reality, not preposterous either" .

那时，世界产业工人组织对于由工人主导的新规则的看法似乎是“即使并不接近现实，那也并不是荒谬可笑的。”

The project was all the more preposterous because Mugabe's "official" salary as president is only about $57, 000 per year.

这项工程最不合理的地方就在于穆加贝作为政府官员的工资每年大概只有五万七千美元。

He was usually preposterous vet somehow achieved a certain dignity by his remoteness and agelessness.

他自己虽常常很荒谬，然而他以他表现出来的冷漠和无情赢得了一定的尊重。

So for me, it was preposterous to believe that everybody's individual identity can be determined by four blood types.

所以对我来说，相信所有人的个性可以由四种血型来决定是荒诞不经的。

It was the most preposterous position in which I never found myself in my life.

这是我有生以来从未碰到的最荒谬绝伦的场面。

So a sum that seemed preposterous only a few months ago has won overwhelming approval from politicians.

几个月前这似乎还是空前之巨的金额，现已从各方政客那里取得势不可挡的赞同。

The excuse he gave for his lateness was so preposterous that everyone laughed.

他为自己的迟到所编造的藉口是如此荒谬，以至大家都感到好笑。

The idea that by 1975 more than 60 percent of American families would own two or more sets was preposterous .

到1975年超过60%的美国家庭将会拥有两台以上的电视机——这在当时简直是异想天开。

Proper rock stars who could actually play an instrument had Ferraris which they drove at preposterous speeds, usually into a swimming pool.

我觉得吧真正会玩音乐的摇滚明星应该把法拉利开到飞快，一般要飞进游泳池才罢休。

"It would be preposterous to take so grave a step on the advice of an enemy" (J. A. Froude).

“听从敌人的意见采取这一重要步骤太愚蠢了”（J.A。弗鲁德）。

The conceit seems too preposterous to be thought of as a serious opinion.

现在把这种观念作为严肃的意见来对待，似乎太可笑了。

It would BE preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.

用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的。

The movie has a keen, bitter sense of the sudden breakdown of preposterous illusions.

电影犀利尖刻地反映了那些荒谬幻象的瞬间崩溃。

The idea of reopening the treaties had seemed merely to be a preposterous German obsession.

重新修订条约这种主意看来不过就是愚蠢的德国人在发痴了。

And having just sentenced Miss Suu Kyi to another 18 months' house arrest on the most preposterous of charges, just as repressive.

并且，最近刚以最荒谬的莫须有罪名判决AungSanSuuKyi另一个18个月居家软禁，正如禁锢心灵一样。

Utterly preposterous as his cravat was, and as his collars were, I was conscious of a sort of dignity in the look.

尽管他的领带和衣领是十足的可笑，可是从他的眼光中我却看到了一种尊严。

Actually, when it comes to the real thing, that result doesn't sound all that preposterous.

事实上，在世界杯足球赛中，这一结果也没什么不可思议的。

Yet his mistakes and follies notwithstanding, Russia's claim that it was "enforcing peace" is preposterous.

尽管由于他的愚蠢铸成大错，但俄国“维持和平”的要求仍是荒谬的。

Given such conditions, the idea that the building blocks of life originated in space rather than on the earth might seem preposterous.

鉴于这种严酷条件，生命来自宇宙而非地球的这种想法看来十分荒谬。

Isn't it preposterous even to compare Ahmadinejad with a democratically elected Western leader?

把艾哈迈迪内贾德和一个民主选举的西方领导人相比较难道不是很荒谬吗？

Some think it preposterous to ban a work of literature that many in the rest of world admire as a shining symbol of Arab culture.

不少人认为禁止这样一部被世界各地誉为璀璨阿拉伯文化的文学作品真是荒谬可笑。

Therefore for someone to say that through prayer I am able to know 80 or 90% of God's hidden or unrevealed will is really preposterous .

因此，如果有人说“我已经通过祷告知道了神80-90%的意志”，这样的说法是非常荒谬的。

But mental health charity Mind said it was a "preposterous suggestion" .

但心理健康协会的人认为这是一个“荒谬的建议”。

Of course, South Korea can spin itself around these preposterous fabrications, and become laughter for the civilized audience.

韩国当然可以继续炫耀他们的拙劣行为，并以此作为文明人的笑料。

"Too does the year old inherit the person's thought, and gain eternal life? This was truly too preposterous. " He says.

“太岁继承人的思想，并且获得永生？这真是太荒谬了。”他说。

So the idea that Egyptians would trust him to rule for months more, and possibly engineer a succession to a Mubarak clone, is preposterous.

所以埃及人会觉得，如果让他再干几个月、扶植个傀儡，这不太荒谬了么。

It is audacious, disruptive and preposterous on the face of it.

表面看来，其胆大妄为，且颠覆常理，又荒诞可笑。

Can electricity cause cancer? In a society that literally runs on electric power, the very idea seems preposterous.

电能致癌吗？对于一个完全依赖于电力生存的社会，这个问题似乎是荒谬的。

However, Epiphyllum, although only one is now, it is preposterous to glory over the world up.

但是，昙花虽只一现，它却毕竟光彩绝伦的于世界上来过。

To savages it would seem preposterous to seek out a place where nothing but learning was going on in order that one might learn.

对野蛮人来说，要找到一个专供学习的地方，除学习以外别无他事，这是十分荒谬的事。

Don't see you for well is be not and my a type of person, let folk listen to also not fearful utterly preposterous.

也不看看你是不是跟我一类人，让人听了去也不怕笑死人。

But in private, Chinese officials say the suggestion that China will do much more to save Europe is preposterous.

但私底下，中国官员们表示，要中国付出大得多的努力来拯救欧洲的提议是十分荒谬的。

Any presumption that smoking is in anyway beneficial is totally preposterous .

任何对抽烟不管怎样是有益的假设都是完全荒谬的。