very silly or unreasonable 愚蠢的；荒謬的；荒唐的 I look ridiculous in this hat. 我戴這頂帽子看上去很可笑。 Don't be ridiculous! You can't pay £50 for a T-shirt! 别犯傻了！怎麽能花 50 英鎊買一件 T 恤衫！ It was ridiculous that this should be so difficult to say. 這件事如此難以啓齒，真是可笑。 They ate and drank a ridiculous amount. 他們胡吃海塞了很多東西。
Extra ExamplesThe whole idea was patently ridiculous. 整個觀點明顯很荒唐。 The whole situation appealed to her sense of the ridiculous. 整個局勢使她感到很荒唐。 This is getting ridiculous! 這簡直越來越荒唐！ Don't be so ridiculous! 别犯傻了！ It's ridiculous to suggest that she was involved in anything illegal. 暗示她與非法活動有牽連，這很荒唐。 That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. 那是我聽過的最無稽的事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- a sense of the ridiculous
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin ridiculosus, from ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.
Idioms
from the sublime to the ridiculous
used to describe a situation in which something serious, important or of high quality is followed by something silly, unimportant or of poor quality 從高超到荒謬；從高妙到低俗