| 单词 | irrational |
| 释义 | irrational (once / 1824 pages) 1adj 2adjn If you're a straight-A student and still you worry about failing all of your classes, you're being irrational. Your fears are not based on fact and not likely to come true. Usually you use irrational to describe ideas and thoughts that are not based on reason, although emotions and behavior can be irrational too if they don't seem reasonable. Do you jump onto a chair and scream when you see a mouse? If so, you have an irrational fear of mice, or musophobia. If someone takes a swing at you for failing to say excuse me when you burp, both their anger and their actions could be called irrational. WORD FAMILYirrational: irrationality, irrationally, irrationals+/irrationality: irrationalities/rational: irrational, nonrational, rationalise, rationalism, rationality, rationalize, rationally, rationalness, rationals/rationalisation: rationalisations/rationalise: rationalisation, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising/rationalism: rationalist, rationalistic/rationalist: rationalists/rationalistic: rationalistically/rationality: rationalities/rationalization: rationalizations/rationalize: rationalization, rationalized, rationalizes, rationalizing USAGE EXAMPLESI wrote several columns about the harm that an irrational attachment to firearms causes. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Pessimism and cynicism are, in fact, irrational responses to a year that brought real lows — but also much to be thankful about. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) There are signs, however, that craft brewing is being driven by what a late-night drinker might call irrational exuberance. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adj not consistent with or using reason 2irrational fears irrational animals Syn|Ant incoherent without logical or meaningful connection illogical, unlogicallacking in correct logical relation blind, unreasoningnot based on reason or evidence reasonlessnot endowed with the capacity to reason nonrationalnot based on reason superstitiousshowing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance unreasonablenot reasonable; not showing good judgment rational consistent with or based on or using reason logicalcapable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning coherent, logical, lucidcapable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner demythologised, demythologizedhaving mythical elements removed intelligent, reasoning, thinkingendowed with the capacity to reason reasonable, sanemarked by sound judgment reasonable, sensibleshowing reason or sound judgment sanementally healthy; free from mental disorder 1adj real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers irrational numbers Ant rational capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers 2n a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number Syn|Hypo|Hyper irrational number transcendental number an irrational number that is not algebraic algebraic numberroot of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients pithe ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846... ethe base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282... real, real number any rational or irrational number |
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