nonsensical

英 [nɒnˈsensɪkl]

美 [nɑːnˈsensɪkl]

adj.  荒谬的; 无意义的

GRE

BNC.19291 / COCA.20151

牛津词典

adj.

• 荒谬的；无意义的
  ridiculous; with no meaning

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 愚蠢的;荒唐的;瞎说的
  If you say that something isnonsensical, you think it is stupid, ridiculous, or untrue.
  1. It seemed to me that Sir Robert's arguments were nonsensical...
     在我看来，罗伯特爵士的争辩纯属瞎说。
  2. There were no nonsensical promises about reviving the economy.
     复苏经济的承诺是千真万确的。

英英释义

adj

• having no intelligible meaning
  1. nonsense syllables
  2. a nonsensical jumble of words
  Synonym:nonsense(a)
• incongruous
  1. the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
  2. that's a cockeyed idea
  3. ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
  4. a contribution so small as to be laughable
  5. it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
  6. a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
  7. her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
  Synonym:absurdcockeyedderisoryidioticlaughableludicrouspreposterousridiculous

双语例句

• Their methods of assessment produce nonsensical results.
  他们的推理方法产生了荒唐的结果。
• I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.
  我没有理由想入非非，自鸣得意，以为每一个接近我的人都会爱上我。
• God is a nonsensical monster.
  上帝是种荒谬透顶的胡说。
• In the experiment, adults were given four different coloured cards and asked to associate nonsensical words with them.
  实验中，给成年人4张不同的彩色卡片，让他们自己把卡片跟没有意义的单词联系在一起。
• Don't be nonsensical! No one would agree to that suggestion.
  别瞎闹了！没人会同意那建议。
• Other equally intelligent people have argued that weighting generations equally leads to paradoxical and even nonsensical results.
  另外一些聪明人士主张未来几代人重要的说法可导致荒谬甚至愚蠢的结果。
• If the tug-of-war happens to be nonsensical and destructive, then the way to truly win is to drop the rope.
  如果这样的一场拔河恰好是荒谬的和破坏性的，那么真正胜利的方法就是把绳子放下。
• And with no one to speak to of what I felt, no Jane to comfort me and say that I had not been so very weak and vain and nonsensical as I knew I had!
  我心里有许多感触，可是找不到一个人可以倾诉，也没有个吉英来安慰安慰我，说我并不象我自己所想象的那样懦弱，虚荣和荒诞！
• He found himself inventing such impressively nonsensical propositions.
  他写下了这样惹人注意的无聊话。
• However, to the contrary, there are some adverse sorts of rituals and ceremonies existing in our society and its nonsensical meaning and spiritual conception are always confusing our mind.
  然而，相反来说，总有一些负面的各种风俗和仪式存在于我们的社会中，它的荒谬的内涵和精神概念都常常使我们感到愈发迷惑和不解。