very silly or unreasonable 愚蠢的；荒谬的；荒唐的 I look ridiculous in this hat. 我戴这顶帽子看上去很可笑。 Don't be ridiculous! You can't pay £50 for a T-shirt! 别犯傻了！怎么能花 50 英镑买一件 T 恤衫！ It was ridiculous that this should be so difficult to say. 这件事如此难以启齿，真是可笑。 They ate and drank a ridiculous amount. 他们胡吃海塞了很多东西。
Extra ExamplesThe whole idea was patently ridiculous. 整个观点明显很荒唐。 The whole situation appealed to her sense of the ridiculous. 整个局势使她感到很荒唐。 This is getting ridiculous! 这简直越来越荒唐！ Don't be so ridiculous! 别犯傻了！ It's ridiculous to suggest that she was involved in anything illegal. 暗示她与非法活动有牵连，这很荒唐。 That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. 那是我听过的最无稽的事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
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- really
- absolutely
- completely
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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 从高超到荒谬；从高妙到低俗