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

• Hence, any content, however absurd and nonsensical, can be viewed as possible.
  因此任何内容，即使最荒谬、最无意识的东西，均可看作是可能的。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• He said several nonsensical things.
  他说了许多荒谬的话。
• It is positively painful to read XML that is formatted with only machines in mind ( no whitespace, or nonsensical whitespace).
  阅读格式化成仅用于机器阅读的XML肯定是痛苦的（无空白或无意义的空白）。
• You see, all these kinds of nonsensical things.
  你们看，都是这些无聊的事！
• 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。
• 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。