Absurdity

(noun.) a ludicrous folly; 'the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior'.

(noun.) a message whose content is at variance with reason.

丹整理

• So far as practice is concerned the attempt is an absurdity. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The learned among them confess the absurdity of this doctrine; but the practice still continues, in compliance to the vulgar. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I before proved to you the absurdity of a single woman of your age proposing to accompany abroad a single man of mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The absurdity of the two last suppositions proves sufficiently the veracity of the firSt. Nor is there any fourth opinion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Mr. Skimpole laughed at the pleasant absurdity and lightly touched the piano by which he was seated. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Good gracious-- Mr. Welland gasped, as if a second reading had been necessary to bring the monstrous absurdity of the thing home to him. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I began one note, in a six-syllable line, 'Oh, do not remember'--but that associated itself with the fifth of November, and became an absurdity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I suppose she is under a delusion, and will plunge into some absurdity, after all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But at least, Mama, you cannot deny the absurdity of the accusation, though you may not think it intentionally ill-natured. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• He was dressed for the pantomimes in all the absurdity of a clown's costume. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• According to others the good is pleasure; but then comes the absurdity that good is bad, for there are bad pleasures as well as good. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• So each week beheld some fresh absurdity. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• For they actually presented the absurdity of being less than his hopefulness had decided that they must be. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was at this moment that the absurdity of his recent bewilderment struck upon his mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Meg's wedding has turned all our heads, and we talk of nothing but lovers and such absurdities. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• When any opinion leads us into absurdities, it is certainly false; but it is not certain an opinion is false, because it is of dangerous consequence. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If we embrace this principle, and condemn all refined reasoning, we run into the most manifest absurdities. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• And at others, what a heap of absurdities it is! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• And yet in the absurdities which follow from some uses of the analogy, there seems to be an intimation conveyed that virtue is more than art. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I shall here endeavour to find some new absurdities in this reasoning. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Elizabeth loved absurdities, but she had known Sir William's too long. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• On their first introduction, omnibuses were considered absurdities, and were ridiculed as painted hearses. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The follies of vanity entrap them all into absurdities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This pretence, much favoured by the lady-visitors, led to the ghastliest absurdities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I hope,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'that our volatile friend is committing no absurdities in that dickey behind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Yes--and tragic--like most absurdities. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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