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preposterously
(
ad
.)毫無道理地
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pre·pos·ter·ous
a.
1.
Having
that
first
which
ought
to
be
last
;
inverted
in
order
. [
Obs
.]
The
method
I
take
may
be
censured
as
preposterous
,
because
I
thus
treat
last
of
the
antediluvian
earth
,
which
was
first
in
the
order
of
nature
.
--
Woodward
.
2.
Contrary
to
nature
or
reason
;
not
adapted
to
the
end
;
utterly
and
glaringly
foolish
;
unreasonably
absurd
;
perverted
.
“Most
preposterous
conclusions.”
Preposterous
ass
,
that
never
read
so
far!
--
Shak
.
Syn:
--
Absurd
;
perverted
;
wrong
;
irrational
;
foolish
;
monstrous
.
See
Absurd
.
--
Pre*pos*ter*ous*ly
,
adv.
-
Pre*pos*ter*ous*ness
,
n.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
preposterously
adv
:
so
as
to
arouse
or
deserve
laughter
; "
her
income
was
laughably
small
,
but
she
managed
to
live
well
" [
syn
:
laughably
,
ridiculously
,
ludicrously
]
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