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Preposterousness is the noun: the quality of being completely unreasonable or silly. A writer might talk about the preposterousness of a plan, meaning the silliness itself, named as a thing. It is a long, heavy word. Though actually, almost nobody needs it in speech, and even on paper it can sound like you are showing off the length. In class, how preposterous it is or just how silly that is will usually serve you better. If you do use it, keep it for serious or gently humorous formal writing, not for a message to a friend. The meaning is the same as preposterous; only the job in the sentence has changed.
荒謬、離譜(指那種性質本身;很書面)
組成From preposterous + -ness. The -ness turns the adjective into a noun meaning the quality of being that way.
同家族的字
- preposterousthe adjective this noun is built from
- preposterouslythe adverb: in a completely unreasonable way
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
preposterousnessnoun
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The quality of being preposterous.
- Vern shook her head at the preposterousness of it.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。