| 词汇 | laughable |
| 释义 | laughable adjective uk /ˈlɑː.fə.bəl/ us /ˈlæf.ə.bəl/ silly and not deserving to be seriously considered: 可笑的，荒唐的 Privately they thought the idea laughable.私下里他们觉得这个主意很荒唐。 Synonyms comical preposterousformal ridiculous risibleformaldisapproving Stupid and silly absurd absurdity absurdly adolescent against your better judgmentidiom dopey dopily dorky dottiness dotty imprudently in his/her/their wisdomidiom in someone's infinite wisdomidiom inadvisable injudicious uncritical uncritically undiscriminating unintelligent unperceptive laughable | American Dictionarylaughable adjective us/ˈlæf·ə·bəl/ amusing or ridiculous: The movie was so far from accurate that it was laughable. Examples of laughablelaughable The idea that reasonable doubt must already be clear to all because ordinary people understand each of its two constituent terms is laughable. In twoparty interactions, however, he claims that the laughable-producing speaker must laugh first if shared laughter, and the affiliation it promotes, is to occur (101). I guess what we mean when we fight about psychological reality would be laughable to a neuroscientist. This speech would be laughable if it were not so boring, formalistic, stiff, and inappropriate. Efforts at change are "laughable" and certainly not to be taken seriously, or even discussed as changes. It's laughable how much they put. His polemic seems more laughable than entertaining. Glenn identifies three devices for this: extended laughter, repetition of the original laughable, and the production of new laughables thematically linked to the original (82). If anything, their gaudy excess parodied women's wear; the notion of sticking a few sunflowers in one's hat conjures up an image more laughable than fashionable. The results, not surprisingly, were laughable. Glenn is careful to point out that "laughable" is a retroactive term; it is only from the laughter in a sequence that the laughable can be identified. Such a ruling would be laughable, outrageous and completely unacceptable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But his description of the barbaric stewards kicking the hare to death is laughable, and in fact destroys the goodness of the case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the penalties exacted for their crimes were laughable—and laugh at them those criminals did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He deprecated the fact that he was laughable. 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. |
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