preposterously

英[prɪ'pɒstərəsli] 美[prɪ'pɒstərəsli]
  • adv. 不合理地；荒谬地
  • prep n.准备；预备学校；课外作业v.进预备学校；预备；准备abbr.准备（=preparation）abbr.介词（=preposition）
  • prepaid adj.已支付的；预付的动词prepay的过去式和过去分词.
  • prepare v.预备；准备
  • prepared adj.准备好的；预制的动词prepare的过去式和过去分词.
  • prepay vt.预付

详细释义

Adverb:
  1. so as to arouse or deserve laughter;

    "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"

双语例句

1. Some prices are preposterously high.
有些价格高得离谱。

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2. It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of his world are managed.
世人处理世事之荒谬，实在奇妙。

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3. He argues, preposterously, that climate change can be curbed without spending much money.
他天真地辩称遏制气候变化无须花费太多金钱。

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4. There is another variable, a preposterously internal variable, that drives us: our animal desire to do it.
还有另外一个变量，一个荒谬的内部变量，驱使我们：我们的动物的愿望去做。

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5. The preposterous bailouts of this decade will come back to haunt Americans in future decades in preposterously high tax rates.
这个十年中的荒谬的救助将在未来数十年以高地不像话的税率的形式萦绕着美国人。

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6. Some say that his ears aren't exactly where you'd expect them to be, and that once, preposterously , he had an affair with John Prescott…
有人说，他的耳朵不在你所期待的位置，而且有一次让人感到荒谬的是，他和普赖斯科特约会。

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7. Men behind bars cannot support their offspring, and when they are released, many states make it preposterously hard for them to find jobs.
囹圄之中的黑人男性对抚育自己的后代只能是有心无力。 此外，在他们获释后许多州又会设置极不合理的苛刻条件，使他们难以找到工作。

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8. As Benjamin Franklin said: "It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed... for regulating commerce an assembly of great men is the greatest fool on earth."
正如本杰明·富兰克林所言：“奇妙的是，人们管理世界事务的方式如此地荒谬……监管商业这样一个聚集了出色人才的领域的人，却是地球上最愚蠢的人。”

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9. As Benjamin Franklin said: "It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed... for regulating commerce an assembly of great men is the greatest fool on earth."
正如本杰明·富兰克林所言：“奇妙的是，人们管理世界事务的方式如此地荒谬……监管商业这样一个聚集了出色人才的领域的人，却是地球上最愚蠢的人。”

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    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. He argues, preposterously, that climate change can be curbed without spending much money.
      他荒谬地主张说不需要花多少钱就能控制气候变化。

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