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单词 illogicality
释义
illogicalil‧lo‧gi‧cal /ɪˈlɒdʒɪkəl $ ɪˈlɑː-/ AWL adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Because we do not know what death is, it is illogical to fear it.
  • English has plenty of illogical spelling rules.
  • I found some of his arguments totally illogical.
  • It is illogical to sell stocks and shares when their value is low.
  • Listen to your child's worries and fears, however illogical they may seem.
  • The current rules are illogical and unnecessary.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Behavioral approaches tend to explain, teach, and introduce logic to an illogical situation.
  • He carries on with his illogical druggy spew, obviously telling a tragic story by the look on his face.
  • It's not just illogical, it's absolutely ludicrous.
  • It was illogical, but she had a premonition that Officer Hassan's instinct would prove correct.
  • Just because a thing appears to us at present to be illogical does not, of necessity, disprove its validity.
  • No good intention, however illogical, must be lost at this stage.
  • Taken together, these children are a proof of the illogical statement that boys are good in math and girls are not.
  • This is an illogical, nay, fanciful urge since I have never really heard them.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot logical
· Listen to your child's worries and fears, however illogical they may seem.· I found some of his arguments totally illogical.it is illogical to do something · It is illogical to sell stocks and shares when their value is low.· Because we do not know what death is, it is illogical to fear it.
something someone says or does that is irrational is not logical and often seems slightly crazy, especially because it is based only on emotions: · His behaviour can be somewhat irrational at times.· She struggled to overcome her irrational fear of the dark.
something that does not make sense , especially someone's behaviour, is very difficult to understand because there seems to be no logical reason for it: · I can't understand why she's so annoyed -- it doesn't make sense.· Increasing interest rates now would make no sense at all.it makes no sense to do something: · It makes no sense to invest more money in a project that is so obviously a failure.
informal an explanation that does not hold water does not seem logical and can be easily criticized or proved to be incorrect: · His account of events simply doesn't hold water.
an explanation that does not stand up does not seem logical and can be easily criticized or proved to be incorrect: · He might be able to convince his lawyer that he's telling the truth, but his story won't stand up in court.not stand up to criticism/analysis etc: · It's an interesting theory, but I don't think it will stand up to close examination.
informal if a set of facts or statements do not add up , they do not seem to be logically connected, even though it is difficult to say why: · Why had she left the note? It just didn't add up.· There were a few things in his story that didn't add up.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounlogicadjectivelogicalillogicaladverblogicallyillogically
not sensible or reasonable OPP  logical:  illogical and unreasonable fearit is illogical to do something It is illogical to assume you can do the work of three people.illogically /-kli/ adverbillogicality /ɪˌlɒdʒəˈkæləti $ ɪˌlɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
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