ridiculous的意思|ridiculous的解释-里氏词典

ridiculous [ri'dikjulәs]

a. 荒谬的, 可笑的

ridiculous

[ adj ]

inspiring scornful pity

<adj.all>

how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years

incongruous;inviting ridicule

<adj.all>

the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework

that's a cockeyed idea

ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer

a contribution so small as to be laughable

it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion

a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history

her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous

broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

<adj.all>

the wild farcical exuberance of a clown

ludicrous green hair

Ridiculous \Ri*dic"u*lous\, a. [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr.
ridere to laigh. Cf. {Risible}.]
1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy
of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or
behavior.

Agricola, discerning that those little targets and
unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become
ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded
three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to
handy strokes. --Milton.

2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [R.]

[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --Shak.

Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd;
preposterous. See {Ludicrous}.
※ --- {Ri*dic"u*lous*ly}, adv. --
{Ri*dic"u*lous*ness}, n.

Breaux spokesman Bob Mann labeled Kent's suggestion ridiculous.
But a gossip column with rules struck some readers as ridiculous.
A United Mine Workers spokesman terms as ridiculous a lawsuit filed by a strikebound coal company alleging the union's selective strike program is a thinly veiled racketeering operation.
Nelson said any suggestion that violent acts have tacit approval from union leaders is "absolutely ridiculous." There have been no serious injuries in the 20 shootings.
The "pendulum has swung from one illogical _ indeed, ridiculous _ concept to another, from assuming Jewish generic involvement to arguing for no involvement at all," he writes in the April 9 issue of the evangelical fortnightly, Christianity Today.
"The companies' reasoning for a share swap was perfect, but the price they concluded was ridiculous, crazy," he says.
There was, for example, nothing immoral in reducing top tax rates from a ridiculous 98 per cent to a still-high 40 per cent.
'This should provide the framework for a restatement of government industrial policy,' Mr Davies said. He described the present government spending round as a 'ridiculous horse trade' which inevitably resulted in unsatisfactory decisions.
Griffin called speculation that he was trying to back out of the deal "ridiculous."
But Rep. Anthony Beilenson, D-Calif., and others called the plan for only 90 minutes of debate "ridiculous" and unfair.
A Texas Air spokesman scoffed about the employees' concerns as a "ridiculous" effort to discredit the process.
Mr. Richards, the attorney representing Mr. Mozer who called the guidelines estimate obtained by this newspaper "frankly ridiculous," added: "First of all, your whole analysis is extraordinarily premature.
Is not the LDP's economic programme - more arms sales, no more aid to the former Soviet republics, a boost for the public sector, a crackdown on crime - ridiculous in its simplicity?
And yet he explains that this neglect is utterly pragmatic: 'It's rather ridiculous that we're performing plays by people so incredibly dead.
"That's ridiculous," counters Rep. Ronald D. Coleman, the El Paso area's Democratic congressman.
LaVal's Gardens, a California pizza-parlor firm, says it paid $5,000 in "ridiculous" child-labor fines.
It would have been ridiculous to close Budel, which is one of the two best zinc plants in the world'.
"We never coordinated any purchases (of Texaco stock) with Icahn," Mr. Greenberg said, characterizing the allegations as "utterly ridiculous."
"This is a major blow to their case, and there's no way it can be construed otherwise," said Thomas R. Lavelle, counsel for Intel's components group. "I've said all along this is a ridiculous case.
A few moments' pursuit of that flawed logic leads to the ridiculous conclusion that government use of economic resources should then be free of any limits.
Why is it a woman who is proposing this ridiculous suggestion?
"Any allegation of wrongdoing related to our business with the Soviet Union is ridiculous.
Mr. Orloff, who entered an innocent plea Friday, said: "I think the charges against me are ridiculous and without merit."
"That's ridiculous," said Stair, a 54-year-old self-proclaimed prophet, from his 74-acre farm on Thursday. "There is no power that I have that compels people to do anything.
"It's ridiculous to argue about market share without looking at the reasons," said Junji Yoshihara, a ministry official in charge of semiconductor trade.
"It's ridiculous to cry wolf about inflation based on one month's numbers," she said.
"It's ridiculous to blame so-called out-of-control spending growth for our deficit crisis," says Mr. McIntyre, whose report on profitable corporations that paid no taxes helped spur last year's tax overhaul.
"It's ridiculous to have hunters converge on the animals in a small area.
Are we going to have police officers out there checking to see if they have cats?" But it's not so ridiculous, countered City Planning Director Anne Moore, who said the city imposed the ban at the suggestion of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
"The fact is that conspiracy to overthrow the government by violence is a ridiculous charge.

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