1、Latin surdus "deaf, unheard, silent, mute". => surd-: deaf, unheard, silent, mute.
2、surd- => surd: irrational.
3、咱們漢語里有表達(dá)這種關(guān)聯(lián)的形象的成語:掩耳盜鈴、裝聾作啞、充耳不聞;這些行為是不是都非常的荒唐、荒謬、無理取鬧??!因此,由詞根含義轉(zhuǎn)變到、引申到單詞含義自然就水到渠成了。
4、ab- "away, off; 由于該前綴的這層含義,在這里添加在surd之前更加強(qiáng)了surd的含義,為什么呢?想一想充耳不聞、裝聾作啞地走開(away, off),就明白了!" + surd- / surd + -ity => absurdity.
5、In surd, the mathematical sense is from the use of Latin surdus to translate Arabic (jadhr) asamm "deaf (root)," itself a loan-translation of Greek alogos, literally "speechless, without reason".
6、In French, sourd remains the principal word for "deaf".
英文詞源
absurdity (n.)
late 15c., from Middle French absurdité, from Late Latin absurditatem (nominative absurditas) "dissonance, incongruity," noun of state from Latin absurdus "out of tune;" figuratively "incongruous, silly, senseless," from ab-, intensive prefix, + surdus "dull, deaf, mute" (see susurration).
雙語例句
1. I find myself growing increasingly angry at the absurdity of the situation.
對如此荒謬可笑的情況我感到越來越生氣。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh.
情況的荒謬可笑使每個人都笑了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The proposal borders upon the absurdity.
這提議近乎荒謬.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. This is a fatal absurdity.
這真是荒謬極了.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. Once aboard we were soon helpless with laughter at the absurdity of it.