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单词 laughable
释义
laughable
adjective
uk
/ˈlɑː.fə.bəl/us
/ˈlæf.ə.bəl/
sillyand notdeservingto beseriouslyconsidered:
可笑的，荒唐的
Privately theythoughttheidealaughable.私下里他们觉得这个主意很荒唐。
Synonyms
comical
preposterousformal
ridiculous
risibleformaldisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly
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  • absurdity
  • absurdly
  • adolescent
  • againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
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  • dotty
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  • impolitic
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(Definition oflaughablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

laughable| American Dictionary

laughable
adjective
us
/ˈlæf·ə·bəl/
amusingorridiculous:
Themoviewas sofarfromaccuratethat it was laughable.
(Definition oflaughablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflaughable

laughable
The idea that reasonable doubt must already be clear to all because ordinary people understand each of its two constituent terms islaughable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In twoparty interactions, however, he claims that thelaughable-producing speaker must laugh first if shared laughter, and the affiliation it promotes, is to occur (101).
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I guess what we mean when we fight about psychological reality would belaughableto a neuroscientist.
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This speech would belaughableif it were not so boring, formalistic, stiff, and inappropriate.
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Efforts at change are "laughable" and certainly not to be taken seriously, or even discussed as changes.
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It'slaughablehow much they put.
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His polemic seems morelaughablethan entertaining.
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Glenn identifies three devices for this: extended laughter, repetition of the originallaughable, and the production of new laughables thematically linked to the original (82).
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If anything, their gaudy excess parodied women's wear; the notion of sticking a few sunflowers in one's hat conjures up an image morelaughablethan fashionable.
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The results, not surprisingly, werelaughable.
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Glenn is careful to point out that "laughable" is a retroactive term; it is only from the laughter in a sequence that thelaughablecan be identified.
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Such a ruling would belaughable, outrageous and completely unacceptable.
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But his description of the barbaric stewards kicking the hare to death islaughable, and in fact destroys the goodness of the case.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But the penalties exacted for their crimes werelaughable—and laugh at them those criminals did.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He deprecated the fact that he waslaughable.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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