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我最喜欢回答这种问题了，可以学到许多知识点，扩大我们的知识面，那，让我们开始吧。

（以下全是ridiculous的同义词）

• 高频率用词

①funny

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"adj. 有趣的;好笑的;滑稽的 Someone or something that is funny is amusing and likely to make you smile or laugh."

与ridiculous的区别

ridiculous偏向于贬义，funny则偏中性（但老外也不喜欢用这个词），且funny有点口语化。

【例句】

It's funny how I never seem to get a thing done on my day off.

好笑的是，我好像从来没有在休息日里做成过一件事。

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②joke

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"n. 荒唐可笑的事（或人）；笑料；笑柄 If you say that something or someone is a joke, you think they are ridiculous and do not deserve respect."

-joke多指笑柄、笑料。joke也是口语中用得比较多。

【例句】

They don't take us seriously. we're a joke.

他们都没把我们当回事，我们只是个笑柄。

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③absurd

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"adj. 荒谬的；荒唐的；不合理的 If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense."

与ridiculous的区别

ridiculous常带有“鄙视”之意；

absurd则强调“不符合人情和常理”的荒谬。指因不符合常识、违反真理或不合逻辑而令人发笑。除了ridiculous，用得比较多的就是absurd了。

-同义词：absurdity （乍一看是不是以为是absurd的名词形式？但其实absurd的名词是absurdness。）

【例句】

His belief that he was too clever to be caught in his wrongdoing was absurd.

他认为他太聪明了而做坏事不会被抓到的信念是荒谬的。

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④ludicrous

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"adj. 愚蠢的；荒唐的；可笑的 If you describe something as ludicrous, you are emphasizing that you think it is foolish, unreasonable, or unsuitable."

与ridiculous的区别

ludicrous侧重于指任何被认为是明显站不住脚的观点，而感到荒谬、可笑的。

【例句】

It's a completely ludicrous idea.

这主意真是荒唐透顶。

(敲黑板！教教你们怎么记这个单词，词根lud+iculous,谐音“六弟可乐死”,因为太滑稽了，把六弟给乐死了。哈哈哈）

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• 低频用词

⑤preposterous

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"adj. 极其荒谬的；愚蠢至极的 If you describe something as preposterous, you mean that it is extremely unreasonable and foolish."

与ridiculous的区别

ridiculous强调行为的滑稽性，preposterous则更强调行为的反常性。preposterous较正式，书面语用得比较多。

【例句】

The whole idea was preposterous.

整个想法都荒唐透顶。

(敲黑板！这个词的组合形式是这样的：pre+post+erous，“一前一后”，是矛盾的，所以引申为荒谬的意思。）

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【课堂小知识】

absurd, preposterous, ludicrous三者的区别

absurd 指不符合逻辑的

preposterous 指没有道理或不理智的

ludicrous 指会引起讥笑的

⑥baloney

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"n. 胡说；瞎扯 If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.

-baloney是美国俚语，常指吓唬人的胡言。也有蠢货、笨蛋的意思。可引申为荒谬的意思。"

【例句】

That's baloney. I saw you take the money with my own eyes.

一派胡言。我亲眼看到你拿钱。（That's baloney也可以翻译成：简直荒谬。）

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⑦laughable

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"adj. 可笑的；滑稽的；荒唐的 If you say that something such as an idea or suggestion is laughable, you mean that it is so stupid as to be funny and not worth serious consideration."

-是laugh的形容词形式。

【例句】

Though I find these fallacies to be laughable, I also find them rather frightening.

虽然我觉得这些谬误很可笑，我也觉得它们相当可怕。

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⑧facetious

【柯林斯词典】的解释：

"adj. (不分场合)乱开玩笑的，贫嘴的 If you say that someone is being facetious, you are criticizing them because they are making humorous remarks or saying things that they do not mean in a situation where they ought to be serious."

【例句】

I became angry with the little boy at his facetious remarks.

对于这个小男孩滑稽可笑的评论，我开始生气。

（敲黑板！这个词的组合看起来好像是face+tious，但其实这个词来自拉丁语facetus。）

综上所述，除了ridiculous，多用来表达“荒谬的、可笑的”的词汇有funny, joke, absurd, ludicrous。

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