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

• Childhood dreams are often nonsensical, ambitious, funny and strange.
  童年的梦想通常是无厘头的，野心的，有趣和奇怪的。
• This attitude seemed nonsensical to the general public.
  这种态度在公众看来似乎很荒唐。
• 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！
• God is a nonsensical monster.
  上帝是种荒谬透顶的胡说。
• This is a completely nonsensical move on fiat's part.
  菲亚特的这个举措荒谬透顶。
• We've lost count of the times he's bored us with his nonsensical talk.
  他这种无聊话，我们不知听了有多少次。
• What is it but false, misleading, nonsensical claptrap to say that their interests were identical with those of their employer?
  说他们的利益和老板的利益一致，岂不是撒谎，骗人和荒谬的花言巧语吗？
• He found himself inventing such impressively nonsensical propositions.
  他写下了这样惹人注意的无聊话。
• In India, regulators proposed a nonsensical plan to auction reclaimed 2G spectrum.
  在印度，监管机构提出了一个荒谬的计划，拟拍卖已收回的2G频段。
• 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。