| 单词 | incongruous |
| 释义 | incongruous (once / 1209 pages) adj Something that's incongruous is inconsistent or incompatible with something else. Remember that Sesame Street song "One of these things is not like the other"? They were talking about that one thing being incongruous. If we break it down into its Latin roots, incongruous is formed by adding in, meaning “not," to congruous, which means “suitable, proper.” So, something that is incongruous is "not suitable or proper" — in other words, not in harmony with everything else. That's why burping at the dinner table could be called incongruous behavior: it's not proper and certainly doesn't go well with the main course. WORD FAMILYincongruous: incongruity, incongruously, incongruousness+/congruity: congruities/congruous: congruity, congruously, congruousness, incongruous/incongruity: incongruities USAGE EXAMPLESIt was originally turned down by the district council which said it would be "an incongruous feature in the countryside". BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Incongruous information is discarded, and supporting information is eagerly retained. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) The reindeers, the snowmen, the sleds - all look very incongruous amid the city's luxuriant, tropical vegetation. BBC(Dec 17, 2016) adj lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness a plan incongruous with reason incongruous behavior a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation Syn|Ant discrepant, inconsistent not in agreement inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping, unfittingnot in keeping with what is correct or proper inharmoniouslacking in harmony of parts ironic, ironicalcharacterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is congruent, congruous corresponding in character or kind appropriatesuitable for a particular person or place or condition etc harmonioussuitable and fitting |
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