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unreasonable

英[ʌn'riːz(ə)nəb(ə)l] 美[ʌn'riznəbl]
  • adj. 不合理的;过度的;不切实际的;非理智的

英英释意


1. not reasonable; not showing good judgment
2. pungent adjectives of disesteem;
"gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"
"wore a goofy hat"
"a silly idea"
"some wacky plan for selling more books"
3. absurd and inappropriate;
"the unreasonable nimbus of romance with which she had encircled that man"- Thomas Hardy
4. beyond normal limits;
"excessive charges"
"a book of inordinate length"
"his dress stops just short of undue elegance"
"unreasonable demands"
5. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense;
"the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman