| 词汇 | incongruity |
| 释义 | incongruityWord family nounincongruityincongruousnessadverbincongruouslyadjectiveincongruous in·con·gru·i·ty /ˌɪnkənˈɡruːəti/ noun (plural incongruities) [countableC, uncountableU]STRANGE the fact that something is strange, unusual, or unsuitable in a particular situation 不和谐；不合适；不相称 The incongruity of her situation struck Gina with unpleasant force. 吉娜猛然意识到自己处境尴尬，心里很不舒服。 incongruity between He didn’t see the slightest incongruity between the idealism of his plays and his own morals. 他没看出他戏剧中的理想主义和他自己的道德观有丝毫不相称。 Examples from the Corpus incongruity• Another incongruity was that between de Gaulle's ambition and the resources at his disposal.• There were fatal incongruities about grandeur in the circumstances of 1944-46.• Like his entire tenure as chairman, the scene had an element of incongruity that amounted to the surreal.• There is another sort of incongruity in the materials.• Thus Hazlitt piles up instances of how humour results from surprise, incongruity, absurdity and misunderstanding.• Behind their departing backs, Ladislaw laughs at the incongruity of the engaged couple.• One was the incongruity between de Gaulle's ambitions and the needs of a nation on the breadline. |
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