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单词 ridiculousness
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ridiculousri‧dic‧u‧lous /rɪˈdɪkjələs/ ●●○ S3 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • She wore some sort of ridiculous cowgirl getup.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He considers such maneuverings a ridiculous way to run a government and still potentially hazardous to the credit markets here and abroad.
  • I remember the ridiculous plans such as the selective employment tax.
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn pairs with Dylan McDermott in this comedy about a ridiculous romantic and an utter realist brought together by destiny.
  • Now that is a ridiculous experiment, and impossible to do.
  • This should have been plainly ridiculous to the Elizabethan audience.
  • This whole thing is just so ridiculous.
  • While I do not agree with much of what Sinead says, I feel I must defend her from your ridiculous slurs.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSvery stupid
not at all sensible or reasonable – used when you are very surprised by someone’s behaviour or what they have said: · Ian’s got some crazy plan to drive across Africa.· She looked at me as if I was crazy!· You’re crazy to think of hitch-hiking on your own.
extremely stupid: · You look ridiculous in that hat.· Some people spend a ridiculous amount of money on cars.· It’s absolutely ridiculous to suggest that he would do something like that.
extremely stupid – used especially when an idea or situation seems strange or illogical: · How can a return ticket cost less than a single? It’s totally absurd!· It was a ludicrous idea.· Some of the objections to the theory are simply absurd.
so stupid that you cannot believe someone is telling the truth or being serious: · The accusations were almost laughable.· a laughable suggestion· It would be laughable if it wasn’t so serious.
Longman Language Activatorvery stupid
not at all sensible or reasonable, especially in an annoying or shocking way : · I said I enjoyed doing exams, and she looked at me as if I was crazy!· Ian's got some crazy plan to drive all the way across Africa.· The farmers can make more money by not planting crops - it's crazy, isn't it?· You're crazy to think of hitch-hiking on your own.
something that is ridiculous or absurd is so stupid that you can hardly believe that it has been done, said etc: · I've never heard anything so ridiculous! Of course I haven't been trying to avoid you!· an absurd suggestion· This is ridiculous. You've only known him three days, and you're going on holiday with him!· It's absurd to think Porter flew into a murderous rage just because he had an argument with his girlfriend.patently ridiculous/absurd (=used to emphasize that something is very ridiculous indeed): · This patently absurd argument is often used by anti-gay groups.
completely unreasonable or unsuitable: · The telephone lines are only open during office hours, which is ludicrous in this day and age.· She wears short skirts and dyes her hair pink, which looks ludicrous on a woman her age.
so stupid and unbelievable that it makes you want to laugh: · The government's attempt to privatize the prison service has been simply laughable.· It would be laughable if it wasn't so serious.
very stupid and likely to involve unnecessary risks and dangers: · Wyatt was nearly killed as a result of that idiotic stunt.· If that wasn't idiotic enough, the company went on to sack fifty percent of its skilled workers, replacing them with untrained apprentices.
: hare-brained scheme/plan etc a plan that is very stupid and cannot possibly be successful: · Alice had to figure out how to pay the rent after Ralph spent the money on another of his hare-brained schemes.
: inane remark/comment/conversation etc stupid and completely meaningless: · Penny began an inane conversation about the book she was reading to fill the silence.· Bad acting, weak script and inane dialogue -- this movie is truly awful.
extremely
especially written use this when you want to use a stronger word than 'very': · The conference was extremely badly organized.· The fungus is extremely difficult to get rid of.· Regular visits to the doctor are extremely important for pregnant mothers.
as much as it is possible to imagine - use this to emphasize adjectives that already have a strong meaning: absolutely marvellous/wonderful/delicious etc: · We had an absolutely marvellous day.· The costumes were absolutely stunning.absolutely filthy/disgusting/awful etc: · When they came in from the yard, they were absolutely filthy.absolutely terrified/exhausted/delighted/furious etc: · She stood in the middle of the stage looking absolutely terrified.absolutely necessary/essential: · Don't call me unless it's absolutely necessary.
spoken extremely: · Our Internet connection is awfully slow today.· He's been terribly ill for the last two weeks.· The plot is terrifically complicated and difficult to follow.· That box looks awfully heavy - are you sure you don't need any help?
spoken say this when you want to emphasize 'very': · I'm very, very angry with her.· This is a very, very important decision - please give it your full attention.· We've been working on this deal for a very, very long time.
use this when something is so good, so bad, so fast etc that you are surprised by it or you find it hard to believe: · Everyone in the company works incredibly hard.· Their house is incredibly cold - I don't think they heat it at all.· What they did was unbelievably stupid.· The apartment is unbelievably cheap - there must be something wrong with it.
use this to emphasize how unreasonable or stupid something is: · The questions seemed ridiculously easy.· The amount they offered for the car was ridiculously low.
use this especially to emphasize how popular, successful, or powerful someone or something is: · Barry's novels have been hugely successful.· "The Wizard of Oz" remains enormously popular with children.· Davis plays an enormously influential role in city politics.
British use this to emphasize how bad something is, or how sad or unhappy someone is: · You must be dreadfully disappointed!· Dreadfully overcrowded trains and frequent cancellations made commuting an ordeal.
use this to emphasize how unusual, impressive, or surprising something is: · Mills' predictions turned out to be remarkably accurate.· The old documents are remarkably well preserved.· Nadine's daughter has an exceptionally fine singing voice.· The heavy soil of the delta produces exceptionally high yields of rice and millet.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadverbs
· You look absolutely ridiculous in that short skirt.
(=completely ridiculous)· I thought his behaviour was quite ridiculous.
· The idea is totally ridiculous.
· Andrew felt slightly ridiculous carrying the dog.
(=slightly ridiculous)· Her urge to run away seemed faintly ridiculous now.
(=obviously ridiculous)· Her excuse was patently ridiculous.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The idea sounded crazy to me.· Camping in the middle of winter was a ridiculous idea!· He had the crazy idea of hitchhiking around South America.
· They had the ridiculous notion that they could make a living from singing.
· It seemed a ridiculous suggestion.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Now he'd put all the facts together the story sounded absolutely ridiculous.· She looked absolutely ridiculous and she knew it.
· He looked every bit as ridiculous as he feared.· My friend suggested that maybe the machine was the problem, an idea that seemed to strike the nurse as ridiculous.· The fifteen-year period is merely half as ridiculous as the thirty-year period.· Mailloux said that some current attitudes are just as ridiculous.· In Orkney, the idea of devil worship was seen as ridiculous.· Remember, once again, to make the images as ridiculous as you possibly can.· This is not as ridiculous as it might at first seem.· Hence to ban one but not the other may not be as ridiculous as a simple interpretation of their model would suggest.
· Most censorship decisions appear faintly ridiculous in the light of day.· For those who know Portishead, the idea that this modest spot is to be made famous twice is faintly ridiculous.· With a single look she had made him feel faintly ridiculous.· My parents still live there and my father loves it and shares its faintly ridiculous pride.
· How ridiculous that the world would guarantee to keep them apart. How ridiculous that he should care.· It suddenly dawned on me how bizarre, how ridiculous and how dreamlike my situation was.· It did not cross Stephen's mind how ridiculous he must look.· But to the tune of £20,000 a month? How ridiculous.· We talked about how ridiculous things had become.· She was suddenly aware how ridiculous she was becoming.
· Labour's latest one is more ridiculous than most.· It's more ridiculous than a coincidence.· Very sensible of Hilda: nothing is more ridiculous than an old-age pensioner gabbling on about his or her risqué past.
· You say the most ridiculous things.· It sounded like the most ridiculous excuse she could have dreamed up to use.
· The fall of birds is meant to be seen as quite ridiculous and wholly supernatural in its proportions.· It was quite ridiculous and so very obvious that he was doing this for many dubious reasons of his own.· And a woman's girdle at two guineas struck Charlie as quite ridiculous.· This was quite ridiculous, after all, merely a legal transaction.· Anyway, this is quite ridiculous.· Her thoughts were far too much on Alain and it was quite ridiculous.· The court found the idea of Mr Warner unconsciously communicating coded messages to Samuel's fellow criminals quite ridiculous.
· My slight personal acquaintance with the subject of all this discouraging impersonal solemnity seemed slightly ridiculous.· This made her look slightly ridiculous and McKillop had to fight back a smile.· They are also slightly ridiculous and can turn anger and tears to laughter very quickly.· He was a weak man, and in some ways a slightly ridiculous one.· On the journey home he felt slightly ridiculous, like some broken-down knight preparing for a tournament.
· I couldn't do anything so ridiculous as streaking cold-blooded!· This whole thing is just so ridiculous.· It was all so ridiculous, he thought, allowing himself to get involved with these motley characters.· She seemed so exposed, so ridiculous, he wanted to point and laugh.· In the cold light of day it all seemed so ridiculous.· Was it so ridiculous, then?· I mean, there's something so ridiculous about it all.· It was so ridiculous to think they should dry this up and make fields.
· You thought it was just too ridiculous to be true?· Your story would sound too ridiculous to be believed.· No, that's too ridiculous.· Oh, sorry - that last one was too ridiculous.
· Which is, of course, totally ridiculous, when you look at it rationally.· And the action premise that completes this credo may seem totally ridiculous in these troubled times.· Why should it matter how many photos you had? Totally ridiculous things.· What a totally ridiculous dream - and about Fen of all people, the last person imaginable, a man she disliked.· Who turned the scene round, made it work so that the rest of the operetta is not totally ridiculous?
· How utterly ridiculous! she chided herself sharply.· It was entirely against her will and utterly ridiculous, but she could not seem to stop doing it.· He looked utterly ridiculous, lounging untidily back against the door.
NOUN
· Implicit in the name is the ridiculous idea that you can only have fun on a funboard.
· But battle she must if she was to survive this ridiculous situation.· It was such a ridiculous situation.
· Of all the damned stupid, ridiculous things to have done!· You say the most ridiculous things.· Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a black ghost, of all ridiculous things.· What a ridiculous thing to think about a man she detested.· The fabric of our society would be seen to be the ridiculous thing it is.· We talked about how ridiculous things had become.
· Of all the damned stupid, ridiculous things to have done!· You say the most ridiculous things.· Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a black ghost, of all ridiculous things.· We talked about how ridiculous things had become.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • His paintings range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
  • After due consideration she decided to go from the sublime to the ridiculous.
  • Chelsea's capacity for lurching from the sublime to the ridiculous is a tradition.
  • Constructed layer by layer, Ostrowski's canvases range from the sublime to the ridiculous, presenting many paradoxes in the process.
► too silly/complicated/ridiculous etc for words
 very silly or unreasonable:  That’s a ridiculous idea! Don’t be ridiculous! I’d look ridiculous in a dress like that.absolutely/totally/utterly ridiculous It’s an absolutely ridiculous decision.it is ridiculous that It’s ridiculous that we have to wait six weeks.► see thesaurus at stupid—ridiculously adverb:  a ridiculously expensive jacket ridiculously low prices—ridiculousness noun [uncountable]GRAMMARRidiculous is not used with ‘very’. You say: · I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. ✗Don’t say: I think it’s very ridiculous.Grammar guide ‒ ADJECTIVESCOLLOCATIONSadverbsabsolutely/utterly ridiculous· You look absolutely ridiculous in that short skirt.quite ridiculous (=completely ridiculous)· I thought his behaviour was quite ridiculous.totally ridiculous· The idea is totally ridiculous.slightly ridiculous· Andrew felt slightly ridiculous carrying the dog.faintly ridiculous (=slightly ridiculous)· Her urge to run away seemed faintly ridiculous now.patently ridiculous (=obviously ridiculous)· Her excuse was patently ridiculous.
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