nonsensical

形容某事没有道理、荒唐得不合常理，也可表示毫无意义。

💡 记忆钩子

把“没有意义”想成一段拼不起来的对话：它既可能让人听不懂，也可能因为荒唐可笑而显得不合常理；nonsensical就是从“说不通”扩展到“荒唐”的评价。

📝 学习建议

不要只把它理解为“没有意义”；在日常英语中，它常用来批评某个想法、解释或规则荒唐、不合理。
它不是“senseless”的简单替代词：nonsensical通常带有“说不通、荒谬”的评价色彩。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 荒唐的；毫无意义的

📖 指某个说法、想法或安排无法用合理的逻辑解释，听起来像胡说，因而显得荒唐或毫无意义。重点不只是“内容难懂”，而是它本身缺乏道理。

💡 常用搭配是“nonsensical argument/idea/explanation/rule”，也可用“a completely nonsensical...”加强语气。它通常直接修饰名词，或放在系动词后作表语；说某人本人时要谨慎，因为这个词更自然地评价对方的言论或行为，而不是给人贴标签。

The rule is completely nonsensical and only creates more work.

这条规定荒唐透顶，只会增加更多工作。

It would be nonsensical to cancel the meeting without telling anyone.

不告诉任何人就取消会议，实在是不合理。

more nonsensical comparative most nonsensical superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

having no intelligible meaning;

同义词集: nonsense(a) nonsensical

nonsense syllables

a nonsensical jumble of words

近似: meaningless, nonmeaningful

so unreasonable as to invite derision; ; ; ; ; ;

同义词集: absurd cockeyed derisory idiotic laughable ludicrous nonsensical preposterous ridiculous

the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework

that's a cockeyed idea

ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer

a contribution so small as to be laughable

it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion

a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history

her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous

近似: foolish

🌳 词源

由nonsense加后缀-ical构成，字面上表示“带有胡说性质的”。

Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English nonsensical From nonsense + -ical.

🔄 变式

more nonsensical compar most nonsensical superl

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