Word · Frequency #14591
ridiculously
可笑地；滑稽地；荒谬地
in a way that arouses or deserves laughter; ridiculously
- 1.
In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.
以荒谬的方式；以滑稽、尴尬或极端难以置信的方式。
- 2.
extremely; very
极其；非常。
以荒谬的方式；以滑稽、尴尬或极端难以置信的方式。；极其；非常。；可笑；滑稽；荒谬
In use
He wore a ridiculously small hat to the party.
The clown danced ridiculously in front of the children.
She wrapped the gift ridiculously, covering it in too much tape.
ridiculously + adj
ridiculously 修饰形容词时，表示“到了荒谬、可笑的程度”。
The rent in this area is ridiculously high.
这个地区的房租高得离谱。
verb + ridiculously
作方式状语时，意为“以可笑、荒唐的方式”。
He behaved ridiculously at the meeting.
他在会议上表现得荒唐可笑。
Common mistakes
The plan sounds ridiculously.The plan sounds ridiculous.
感官系动词sound后应接形容词作表语，说明主语的性质；副词ridiculously不能作表语。汉语中“荒谬的”没有词形变化，容易让学生误用副词形式。
Connections
Collocations
- ridiculously cheap
- 便宜得离谱
- The flight tickets were ridiculously cheap.机票便宜得离谱。
- ridiculously expensive
- 贵得离谱
- That restaurant is ridiculously expensive, but it's always full.那家餐厅贵得离谱，但总是客满。
- ridiculously early
- 早得离谱；太早
- We had to get up ridiculously early to catch the flight.为了赶飞机，我们不得不起了个大早，早得离谱。
- ridiculously easy
- 容易得离谱；非常简单
- The quiz was ridiculously easy; everyone got a perfect score.这次小测验简单得离谱；每个人都得了满分。
- ridiculously funny
- 滑稽得要命；好笑极了
- His impression of the teacher was ridiculously funny.他模仿老师的样子滑稽得要命。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由“ridicule（嘲笑）”联想记忆：ridiculously 意为“可笑地、荒谬地”。想象某人行为滑稽至极，让人忍不住发笑。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面叙述、非正式评论 该词义表示“以荒谬可笑的方式”，多用于描述行为、言语或情形显得不合常理；在日常对话和一般书面语中都比较常见，语气偏中性或略带口语化。在非常正式的场合中也可使用，但为求严谨可换用“in an absurd way”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 ridiculously 一样以 -ously 结尾，但重音和元音不同，均不与其押韵；拼写相似不等于发音相同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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