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

• The obvious mistakes of this novel are several nonsensical parts.
  几处明显违反常识的部分正是这部小说的硬伤。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• There were no nonsensical promises about reviving the economy.
  复苏经济的承诺是千真万确的。
• 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。
• A common view of traditional life, particularly organized religion, as primitive and nonsensical.
  一般对传统生活的看法，特别是有组织的宗教，通常被视为原始和荒谬的。
• The invalid interrupt vector pointed to memory containing a bunch of technically valid but nonsensical instructions followed by an invalid one.
  无效中断矢量指向内存包含的跟随于一个无效指令的一束技术上有效但是无意义的指令。
• The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical.
  英语学习网糊涂一词在字典中的定义是：愚蠢的，傻，荒谬的。