| 词汇 | example_english_height-of-absurdity |
| 释义 | height of absurditycollocation in Englishmeanings of heightand absurdityThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with height. height noun[C or U] uk /haɪt/ us /haɪt/ the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ... See more at height absurdity noun uk /əbˈzɜː.dɪ.ti/ us /əbˈsɝː.də.t̬i/ the quality of being stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a ... See more at absurdity Examples of height of absurdityThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Certainly the use of natural gas and oil in boilers during the 1980s seems to be the heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To penalise the carer because she happens to look after more than one person is preposterous and the heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me the heightofabsurdity to have two authorities administering very much the same rules. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the heightofabsurdity that a family's weekly or fortnightly bill for milk and dairy produce should be subject to any complicated procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to me the heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, of course, the heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To adopt such a course as is suggested would be the very heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If so, it would he the heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be the heightofabsurdity to penalise industry in this way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the face of this brilliant success story, it is the heightofabsurdity to propose their privatisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it is the heightofabsurdity to spend that money here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To allow a position of that kind to continue seems to me to be the heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To try to do so would be the heightofabsurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be the heightofabsurdity and vanity to pretend that we won the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we have the heightofabsurdity in drawing such a distinction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not the heightofabsurdity to pay men to stay at home when they are needed in industry? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How did the then government put through that heightofabsurdity, the poll tax? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me the heightofabsurdity to have this doctrinaire provision of privatisation at all costs, irrespective of the consequences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be the heightofabsurdity to put such exports, upon which a great deal of employment is based, at peril by unreasonable action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be the heightofabsurdity to call 60 or 65 nations together that they might discuss so difficult a task as inter-departmental debts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of height Go to the definition of absurdity See other collocations with height |
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