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absurdity
[əb'sə:diti]
n. 荒谬, 悖, 荒谬
  1. Your suggestion seems an absurdity to us.
    建议很荒唐。
  2. The fallacy has been exposed in its naked absurdity.
    谬论荒诞性已被揭露。
  3. His story of being kidnapped by little green men is sheer absurdity.
    绑架,纯粹谈。




absurdity
[ noun ]
  1. a message whose content is at variance with reason

  2. <noun.communication>
  3. a ludicrous folly

  4. <noun.attribute>
    the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior




Absurdity \Ab*surd"i*ty\ (-[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Absurdities}
(-t[i^]z). [L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.]
1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious
truth, reason, or sound judgment. ``The absurdity of the
actual idea of an infinite number.'' --Locke.

2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical
contradiction.

His travels were full of absurdities. --Johnson.