Preposterous

(a.) Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.

(a.) Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.

整理:泰勒

• This preposterous order roused the Carthaginians to despair. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is at present a quite inexplicable story, and we give these preposterous facts with no attempt to rationalize them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It does seem a very preposterous way of settling a dispute. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled our respect. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Most preposterous! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The first is the making of Pycroft write a declaration by which he entered the service of this preposterous company. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Number two, Pa, is much to the same purpose, though not so preposterous. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Preposterous stuff! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I thought it was utterly preposterous--I distrusted it as the result of some perversity in my own imagination. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Sir Astley Cooper, the eminent surgeon, said to Robert Stephenson, when the latter called to see him about a new road, Your scheme is preposterous in the extreme. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It was the most preposterous position in which I ever found myself in my life, and it was the thought of it that started me laughing just now. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It seems too preposterous. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The idea of your having to work--it's preposterous. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The idea of any of the servants being in league with the Indians is a preposterous absurdity, in my opinion. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• At this point I agreed with you that it was preposterous, and was glad to find that all my deductions had been correct. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• To savages it would seem preposterous to seek out a place where nothing but learning was going on in order that one might learn. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Utterly preposterous as his cravat was, and as his collars were, I was conscious of a sort of dignity in the look. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Perhaps it seems preposterous to discuss baseball and syndicalism in the same paragraph. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The human mind has at no period accepted a moral chaos; and so preposterous a result was not strictly conceivable. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The case was plain, but it seemed preposterous, nevertheless--as preposterous as trying to knock down a mountain or wipe out a continent. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The cry raised against these men by the average reformer is a piece of cold, unreal, preposterous idealism compared to the solid warm facts of kindliness, clothes, food and fun. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

编辑:迈尔斯