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单词 ridiculous
释义
ridiculous
(rɪdɪkjʊləs )
adjective B2
If you say that something or someone is ridiculous, you mean that they are very foolish.
It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance.
It was an absolutely ridiculous decision.
Synonyms: laughable, stupid, incredible, silly  
Quotations:
It is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculousNapoleon Bonaparte
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime againThomas PaineThe Age of Reason
Collocations:
ridiculous amount
Not because he made a ridiculous amount of saves but when he needed to, he made big saves just by standing tall.
The Sun
I got a ridiculous amount of parking fines.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes we would have double sessions and do a ridiculous amount of running.
The Sun
Froze the ridiculous amount of duty on fuel and alcohol, for which many thanks.
The Sun
The new toaster cost a ridiculous amount of money but it was made largely of glass, which means you can watch the toast toasting.
Times, Sunday Times
ridiculous claim
And, scarily, no one said that it was a ridiculous claim, an outrageous statement.
Times, Sunday Times
People cheered when we told them we'd get rid of this ridiculous claim culture.
The Sun
That's a preposterous and ridiculous claim...
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Conspiracy theorists will come up with ridiculous claims about how these measures infringe freedom.
The Sun
He says there were 'ridiculous claims', both sides 'bandying about so-called statistics that just aren't true'.
Times, Sunday Times
ridiculous extreme
The pendulum, it seems, has swung from one ridiculous extreme to the other.
The Sun
First, the ridiculous extremes that we assume are apocryphal turn out to be true.
Times, Sunday Times
Some footballing rivalries are taken to ridiculous extremes.
Times, Sunday Times
ridiculous plot
Still, they make a ridiculous plot roll cheerily along through the mahogany-panelled corridors of an other-worldly power.
Times, Sunday Times
The show contains 180 further examples of this kind of ridiculous plot line.
Times, Sunday Times
Rubbish still needs to follow the basic rules of drama, which involves characters rather than caricatures and what-happens-next narrative rather than ridiculous plot.
Times, Sunday Times
ridiculous suggestion
Now the government has made the ridiculous suggestion that it will be the job of the police to enforce the mandatory wearing of facemasks.
Times,Sunday Times
And she, instead of laughing at his ridiculous suggestion, agreed.
Times, Sunday Times
I have rarely heard a more ridiculous suggestion.
Times, Sunday Times
Is that such a ridiculous suggestion?
Times, Sunday Times
The researchers discarded ridiculous suggestions - a tyre could not be used as a wedding ring.
Times, Sunday Times
ridiculous waste
What a ridiculous waste of time asking me for the code.
Times, Sunday Times
Readers have branded it a ridiculous waste of money.
The Sun
This seems a ridiculous waste but reveals the true purpose of the proposal: having a political person in the management seat to ensure that the police pursue government wishes.
Times, Sunday Times
What a ridiculous waste of resources.
The Sun
totally ridiculous
I managed to force myself to fly for my career but the thought of doing it for pleasure was totally ridiculous.
The Sun
It will appeal to anybody with either an inquiring mind or a sense of the totally ridiculous.
Times, Sunday Times
But he claimed it was 'totally ridiculous' to expect politicians to keep up with soap operas and celebrity culture.
Times, Sunday Times
Its name, already conspicuously inaccurate, would become totally ridiculous.
Times, Sunday Times
I found this totally ridiculous farce about a miserable 'genius' who forms a highly unlikely relationship with a beautiful young runaway he calls 'brainless' very funny.
The Sun
utterly ridiculous
Plus, she's the first person to point out when she looks utterly ridiculous, wearing knitting-pattern outfits, for example, in her modelling days.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was a celebration of all that was utterly ridiculous and absurd and great about pop music.
John Harris THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)
He said: 'It is utterly ridiculous.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Why would you put out something so utterly ridiculous?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The involvement of the constabulary in this row is utterly ridiculous.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Translations:
Chinese: 荒谬的
Japanese: ばかげた
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