| 词汇 | example_english_absurdly |
| 释义 | Examples of absurdlyThese 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. He has cut his salary, abstained from alcohol, worked absurdly long hours, and shared the presidential residence with members of his cabinet. Or are the molecular 'clocks' horological nightmares sometimes running absurdly fast, and other times scarcely ticking? Such musings may reflect an absurdly incautious optimism. The proposed view conflates the latter two in such a way as to absurdly eliminate the constraints of the linguistic component of a statutory directive. In fact, as the number of backgrounds becomes large, the identity becomes absurdly small. The smallest language compatible with that could be very small indeed - absurdly small. The cost, you might think, is absurdly high. This is an absurdly ambitious set of goals. Serious political issues are positioned next to absurdly deadpan comedy without any clear signals as to how we are intended to read them. The aims of this article then may sound either absurdly reductivist or potentially pretentious, while its methodology invites accusations of naivety or confusion. The speaker often employs hyperbole and is given to the constant utterance of absurdly emphatic exclamations, employing idiomatic and proverbial expressions, which are often allusive. Levels of deception that would normally be dismissed as absurdly improbable therefore become troublingly convincing. For since indefinite uncontrolled natural increase is absurdly impossible (as we have just seen), in the long run mankind must choose between low birth rates and high death rates. These figures are absurdly inflated. If all women worked, the number of children would be negative, and at a participation rate of about 60%, still absurdly high, there would be no children. The limitation of figures proposed is absurdly small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proceedings in the other place last summer were absurdly futile and excited only sadness and frustration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if people are prosecuted successfully, what is the point of giving them absurdly lenient sentences? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The standard of many of them is absurdly high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard the figure of £5 million mentioned, but that is absurdly low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are absurdly precise figures in an uncertain area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, the outcome is absurdly complex: only vastly experienced trained experts could possibly begin to fathom the detail of the new index. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is absurdly illogical, particularly if one takes the following proposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is to be a salary, it surely should not be fixed by reference to the absurdly low salaries that we pay ourselves. 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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