"absurd" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

absurd adjetivo

absurd + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 49
absurd situation • absurd idea • absurd thing • absurd notion • absurd story • ...
verbo + absurd
Kolokacji: 5
sound absurd • look absurd • seem absurd • feel absurd • become absurd
adverbio + absurd
Kolokacji: 17
most absurd • patently absurd • totally absurd • absolutely absurd • completely absurd • ...
(1) most, simply, truly
Kolokacji: 3
1. patently absurd = w sposób oczywisty absurdalny patently absurd
2. totally absurd = zupełnie absurdalny totally absurd
3. completely absurd = całkowicie absurdalny completely absurd
4. seemingly absurd = pozornie absurdalny seemingly absurd
  • Rather similar, seemingly absurd infinities occur in the other partial theories, but in all these cases the infinities can be canceled out by a process called renormalization.
  • He gave General Hilldring the seemingly absurd task of preparing military governments for Germany and Japan after Allied conquest and occupation.
  • In the other script, used in five encounters, the reporter added a seemingly absurd explanation: "Excuse me, may I have your seat?
  • The seemingly absurd can turn out to be the eminently practical.
  • Although Commissioner Landis refused to back down on his enforcement of the rule, he did repeal the seemingly absurd rule by the end of the 1922 season.
  • A similar argument could lead to the seemingly absurd conclusion that the sun is as likely to rise as to not rise tomorrow morning.
  • He responds quickly in a seemingly absurd fashion.
  • The peers scoff at the seemingly absurd claim that Iolanthe is Strephon's mother ("She is, has been, my mother from my birth").
  • But someone will always come up with reasons why seemingly absurd asset prices make sense.
  • Mr. Herling was arrested by Stalin's secret police, thrown into a crowded prison and confronted by officers who hurled seemingly absurd accusations at him.
5. manifestly absurd = wyraźnie absurdalny manifestly absurd
(4) slightly, somewhat, pretty
Kolokacji: 3
absurd + preposición
Kolokacji: 5
absurd for • absurd to • absurd in • absurd on • absurd of

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