incongruity
英 [,ɪnkɒŋ'gruːɪtɪ]
美[,ɪnkɑŋ'grʊəti]
- n. 不协调;不一致;不适宜
词态变化
复数: incongruities;副词: incongruously;形容词: incongruous;
英英释意
- 1. the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
英文词源
- incongruity (n.)
- 1530s, from French incongruité or directly from Medieval Latin incongruitas, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + congruitas (see congruity).
实用场景例句
- She smiled at the incongruity of the question.
- 面对这样突兀的问题,她笑了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The incongruity of the word'spirit " in his mouth struck him so sharply.
- 从他嘴里说出不相称的“血气 ” 这两个字,真是强烈地感动了他.
辞典例句
- When the particular outstrips the general, we are faced with an incongruity.
- 当特别是超过了总的来讲, 我们正面临着一个不协调.
期刊摘选
- The main theories explaining its origins and development are Incongruity Theory, Superiority Theory and Relief Theory.
- 解释其发生发展机制的理论主要有失谐理论 、 优势理论和释放理论等.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- She smiled at the incongruity of the question.
- 面对这样突兀的问题,她笑了。
辞典例句