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单词 incongruity
释义
incongruityin‧con‧gru‧i‧ty /ˌɪnkənˈɡruːəti/ noun (plural incongruities) Examples
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  • Another incongruity was that between de Gaulle's ambition and the resources at his disposal.
  • Behind their departing backs, Ladislaw laughs at the incongruity of the engaged couple.
  • Like his entire tenure as chairman, the scene had an element of incongruity that amounted to the surreal.
  • One was the incongruity between de Gaulle's ambitions and the needs of a nation on the breadline.
  • There is another sort of incongruity in the materials.
  • There were fatal incongruities about grandeur in the circumstances of 1944-46.
  • Thus Hazlitt piles up instances of how humour results from surprise, incongruity, absurdity and misunderstanding.
[countable, uncountable] the fact that something is strange, unusual, or unsuitable in a particular situation:  The incongruity of her situation struck Gina with unpleasant force.incongruity between He didn’t see the slightest incongruity between the idealism of his plays and his own morals.
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