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To a vegetarian, the idea of eating a 52-ounce T-bone steak would seem preposterous — absolutely absurd.
When the word preposterous was first used, it meant reversing the normal order of things — putting what was last first, and vice versa. Imagine putting on your underwear over your pants and you'll see that there's a kind of absurdity in something that's backwards, which is why preposterous came to mean “ridiculous.” The word is often used as part of an exclamation: a chef who is asked to cook with nothing but jelly beans might exclaim, “That's preposterous!”
实用短语
词根词缀
词根: poster
=behind,表示”后面”
adj.
posterior 较后的poster后面+ior较……的→后面的
preposterous 荒谬的,可笑的pre前面+poster后面+ous表形容词→前后倒置的→荒谬的
n.
posterity 子孙poster后面+ity表名词→后面的人→子孙
同义词
crazy / ridiculous / silly / outrageous / senseless / unreasonable / nonsensical / foolish / absurd
nonsensical / outrageous / incredible / crazy / unreasonable / unthinkable / absurd / ridiculous / senseless / silly / foolish / criminal / singular