单词 | farcical |
释义 | farcical From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfarcicalfar‧ci‧cal /ˈfɑːsɪkəl $ ˈfɑːr-/ adjective1 FAILa situation or event that is farcical is very silly and badly organized Opposition leaders described the government’s plans as ‘farcical’.2 a farcical play or film is a humorous one in which the characters become involved in silly and complicated situations —farcically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpusfarcical• farcical characters• And some of the more orthodox farcical confusions are well managed.• No credible system of justice can tolerate such a farcical imbalance of power between contestants.• Lucky Jim may survive in the memory as a series of farcical moments, but it is also a tightly plotted novel.• Indeed, it helps to demolish the farcical notion of general, unitary intelligence altogether.• It was a strangely farcical routine, and must be extremely tedious to enact day after day.• a farcical trial |
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