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单词 unreasonable
释义
unreasonable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
B2
notfairoracceptable:
不讲道理的；不合理的；不公正的
unreasonabledemands无理要求
[+ to infinitive]Itseemsunreasonabletoexpectonepersonto do bothjobs.要一个人做两份工作似乎是不合理的。
More examples
  • Ifindyourattitudecompletelyunreasonable.
  • Shedivorcedhim on thegroundsof unreasonablebehaviour.
  • If heexpectsyou to do that, Ithinkhe's beingcompletelyunreasonable.
  • Ihopehe doesn'tthinkI'm being unreasonable.
  • He's always making unreasonabledemandson mytime.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly
  • absurd
  • absurdity
  • absurdly
  • adolescent
  • againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
  • dizzily
  • dopey
  • dorky
  • dottiness
  • dotty
  • imbecility
  • impolitic
  • imprudent
  • inhis/her/theirwisdomidiom
  • insomeone'sinfinite wisdomidiom
  • uncritical
  • uncritically
  • unintelligent
  • unreasonably
  • unwise
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unreasonably
(Definition ofunreasonablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unreasonable| American Dictionary

unreasonable
adjective
us
/ʌnˈri·zə·nə·bəl/
notbasedon or using goodjudgment; notfair:
It’s unreasonable toexpecthim toworkeveryweekend.

unreasonably

adverbus
/ʌnˈri·zə·nə·bli/
Hethinksthecopsactedunreasonably.
(Definition ofunreasonablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

unreasonable| Business English

unreasonable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈriːzənəbl/us
notfairoracceptable:
Amerchantis notrequiredtosatisfya customer'sunreasonabledemands.
be unreasonable for sb/sth to do sthIt is not unreasonable fortechnicaljobsto befilledbypeoplewithparticularskillshonedinindustry.
be unreasonable to expect/suggest/think sthIt would be unreasonable toexpectannuityratestoremainhigh.
anunreasonablecost/expense/price
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reasonable
(Definition ofunreasonablefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunreasonable

unreasonable
Thus, the one second-order claim on which all reasonable people agree is thatunreasonablecomprehensive views are false.
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Hence, he has no good reason for affirming that theistic belief is irrational orunreasonable.
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He considers this to be a very ambitious but not anunreasonablegoal.
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Because, as 20/20 hindsight makes so clear, people have certainunreasonablefears about anything that smacks of somebody tampering with their food.
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This is not anunreasonableassumption given the extent of the labor traded in the sampled villages.
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Nor is itunreasonableto suggest, pending research, that relevant state elites still anticipate prolongation of that peace.
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Deviation from a social rule would be insufficient, as the rule might itself beunreasonable.
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For example, it would beunreasonableto suppose that children might rely only on monitoring or only on indirect negative evidence to recover from overgeneralization.
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This certainly seems plausible in a relative sense, based on studies of policy making in these countries, and is notunreasonablein an absolute sense.
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It is also notunreasonablethat the husband has certain privileges (and also certain responsibilities) which the wife lacks.
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As a consequence, they were seen as threatening andunreasonableby some case study local authorities.
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It is perhapsunreasonablein a book offering a case study approach to expect a uniformity of coverage.
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The brute facts cannot, on their own, makes the legal requirements either reasonable orunreasonable.
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This avoids theunreasonablesituation where a package 'sees' an edge but does not see some of its attachment nodes.
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However, this strict accuracy criterion may be anunreasonableexpectation for children of this age.
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