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preposterous

/pɹəˈpɑstəɹəs/ 形容词 C2

中文: 荒谬的

  1. Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
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As Marilla watched the bright, animated face and graceful motions her thoughts went back to the evening Anne had arrived at Green Gables, and memory recalled a vivid picture of the odd, frightened child in her preposterous yellowish-brown wincey dress, the heartbreak looking out of her tearful eyes.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第288页 · C1
It is absurd, impossible, preposterous to anyone who knew him.”
《Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans》,第18页 · B2
What is his game, then, and what motive lies behind this preposterous search for Garridebs?
《The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes》,第78页 · B2

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