| 词汇 | risible |
| 释义 | risible adjective formaldisapprovinguk /ˈrɪz.ə.bəl/ us /ˈrɪz.ə.bəl/ so lacking in quality or usefulness that it deserves to be laughed at: 滑稽的;可笑的;令人发笑的 She's been making risible attempts to learn the trumpet.她一直在尝试着学吹小号，真是可笑。 Synonym laughable 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 Related wordrisibility Examples of risiblerisible The law, the maximum prices, the threats of prosecution were risible things, regarded by the shopkeeper with contempt. Opera cannot bear up under these conditions and founders into the risible and the ridiculous. That this conclusion is slightly risible does not invalidate what they have written in its shadow, which is proving long as well as dark. Whether one finds such wafflings repellent or merely risible, they illumine the topic far less than the author seems to think. Although this did little to enhance its cultural credentials, which many deemed risible, they, nonetheless, pointed the way forward, and saw the phonograph evolve into a vehicle of music. But whether prehistorians and medievalists should now regard such questions as risible or redundant, well worth abandoning in favour of cognitive insights, is a question well worth debating. I suggest, therefore, that the words "to or" are in fact otiose, and indeed slightly risible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We appear to produce dossiers of mass deception, whose claims are dismissed as risible almost as soon as they are released. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, to insist on anything else – especially just to pay party political dues – is risible. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Nowhere is that more apparent than in our somewhat risible record on recycling household waste. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The welcome that we give people at the moment is frankly risible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of those groups would he more risible than anything else if there were not such a sinister purpose behind them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate that it may be a risible notion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Governments of both colours have a truly risible record of interference in the management of property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he thought that the justification for opposing the change was sustainable then, his current volte-face is incredible and—worse—risible. 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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