absurdly
/əbˈsɜːdli/ (bre, ipa) · /əbˈsɜːrdli/ (ame, ipa) · /əb-ˈsərd-lē, ab-, -ˈzərd-/ (ame, mw)
absurdly — 副詞
1. foolishly or without good sense, or to an extent so extreme that it seems almost
荒唐；離譜
以荒唐方式，或到離譜程度
foolishly or without good sense, or to an extent so extreme that it seems almost laughable.
The rent in that tiny studio was absurdly high for our neighborhood.
那間小套房的房租高得離譜，跟我們這個社區完全不相稱。
absurdly + adjective to show excessive degree
Nina absurdly blamed the cat for the broken kitchen window.
Nina 很荒謬地把廚房窗戶破掉的事怪到那隻貓頭上。
absurdly + verb judging an action as foolish
By six o'clock, the line outside the bakery was absurdly long.
才六點而已，麵包店外面的隊伍就長得很誇張了。
The coach left absurdly early, before the sun reached the school gate.
那班長途巴士早得離譜，太陽還沒照到校門就開走了。
To save ten cents, Owen absurdly drove across town for cheaper milk.
為了省十美分，Owen 竟荒謬地開車穿過整個城去買比較便宜的牛奶。
- ridiculously
very close in everyday use, especially for extreme degree; slightly more conversational in tone
- unreasonably
more neutral and less mocking; stresses lack of fairness or logic
- foolishly
best when the focus is on a person's bad action, not on degree
- irrationally
more formal and mental-process focused; common in psychology or argument
- reasonably
shows a fair or sensible degree instead of an extreme one
- sensibly
focuses on good judgement rather than foolish behaviour
文法句型
absurdly + adjective
absurdly + adverb
absurdly + verb
用法筆記
Most often placed before an adjective or another adverb to mark an extreme degree: 'absurdly expensive', 'absurdly small', 'absurdly early'. When it modifies a verb, it openly judges the action itself as foolish rather than merely describing how it happened.