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incongruity

英 [ˌɪnkɒnˈɡruːəti]

美 [ˌɪnkɑːnˈɡruːəti]

n.  不协调; 不适宜; 不相称

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BNC.21327 / COCA.19783

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  • N-VAR 不协调;不适宜;不相称
    Theincongruityof something is its strangeness when considered together with other aspects of a situation.
    1. She smiled at the incongruity of the question.
      面对这样突兀的问题,她笑了。
    2. ...the almost absurd incongruity between her wealth and her lifestyle.
      她的财富与生活方式之间几近荒谬的不相称
    3. ...the incongruities of life in war-time London.
      战时伦敦生活的不协调

英英释义

noun

双语例句

  • The most influential theories that explain psychological mechanism of humor are superiority theories, relief or arousal theories and incongruity theories, which can explain different humors.
    有关幽默的心理机制的理论解释中,最有代表性的是优势理论、释放理论和失谐理论。
  • If there is any incongruity in these areas it will increase the chance of a less than enjoyable internship, which quickly becomes evident when the daily work hours consistently hit the double-digits mark.
    如果这些方面存在冲突,你的实习经历可能就会不那么愉快当每天的工作小时数经常突破两位数时,这一点很快就会变得明显。
  • Asked hester, half smiling at the absurd incongruity of the child's observation;
    海丝特问道,起初还因为孩子那番话荒诞不经而面带微笑;
  • There is also an element of incongruity in the writer's description.
    作者的描述同样包含着一个不和谐因素。
  • He seemed unaware of the incongruity of his appearance.
    他似乎没注意到自己的外表很怪。
  • Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.
    但在很短的时间内,为一部庄重的影片演奏快活的音乐所产生的不协调感变得显而易见,因此钢琴家们开始注意将自己的作品与影片的情调结合起来。
  • How do we resolve this apparent incongruity?
    怎样解决这一明显的不一致呢?
  • A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
    可以引起笑声的巧妙的或机智的或不协调的信息。
  • The court's concern about avoiding "incongruity" suggests that Morrison was not intended to cast doubt on the president's exclusive right to appoint most agency heads and high ranking policymakers.
    法院对避免“不协调”的关注表明,“莫里森”案并非打算怀疑总统任命多数行政长官和高级决策人的行政权。
  • Cognitive dissonance is also applied to a perceived incongruity between a person's attitudes and his behaviour.
    认识分歧也用于指一个人的态度和他的行为之间可以看得出来的不一致。