ridiculous[ri'dikjuləs]
stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
adj. 可笑的；荒谬的

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What nonsense poetry speaks. It's perfectly ridiculous.
诗歌简直在胡说八道，这相当的荒谬。

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don't act like you're doing me some big favor.
Okay, you're acting ridiculous.
别搞得好像你们在帮我很大的一个忙似的。
我觉得你很荒谬。

ridicule['ridikju:l]
to laugh at someone in an unkind way
unkind words or actions that make someone or something look stupid
She was treated with scorn and ridicule by her colleagues when she applied for the job.
He's become an object of ridicule (= a person that everyone thinks is stupid and criticizes or laughs at).
vt. 嘲笑；嘲弄；愚弄
n. 嘲笑；笑柄；愚弄

短语:
1.hold someone up to ridicule
讽刺(或挖苦、嘲笑)某人
2.lay oneself open to ridicule
使自己成为笑柄

例句
His greed is often ridiculed by his friends.
他的贪婪常常受到朋友们的嘲笑。

risible ['rizəbəl]
capable of laughing
disposed to laugh
deserving to be laughed at rather than taken seriously
adj. 可笑的；引人笑的；能笑的

Man is the only risible animal.
人类是唯一能笑的动物。

deride[di'raid]
to laugh at someone or something in a way which shows you think they are stupid or of no value
He derided my singing as pathetic.
This building, once derided by critics, is now a major tourist attraction.
vt. 嘲笑；嘲弄

例句
They derided the new music.
他们嘲笑新乐曲。
The children derided her for her fear of the snake.
孩子们因她怕蛇而嘲笑她。
The children derided her for her fear of the snake.
孩子们因她怕蛇而嘲笑她。

趣味单词
cape[keip]
a type of loose coat without sleeves, which is fastened at the neck and hangs from the shoulders
a very large piece of land sticking out into the sea
the Cape of Good Hope
n. [地理] 海角，岬；披肩

escape[i'skeip] es=ex + cape
to get away from a place where you have been kept as a prisoner or not allowed to leave
to get away from an unpleasant or dangerous situation
to suffer no harm or less harm than you would expect
to get free from something, or to avoid something
vt. 逃避，避免；被忘掉
vi. 逃脱；避开；溜走
n. 逃跑；逃亡

词组短语

escape from
vt. 逃脱
escape death by a hairbreadth
死里逃生，九死一生 [亦作 have a hairbreadth escape]
narrow (或 near, hairbreadth) escape (或 share)
幸免于难，九死一生(常与 have 连用)

例句
Her name escapes me.
我忘了她的名字。
They escaped death by inches when the house collapsed.
房子塌下来，差点儿把他们砸死。

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Do we ever escape from his head? You're saying that you don't you didn't feel like you ever could, in the world of this prose.

我们能从他的想法中跳脱出来吗，你要说的是,你觉得你不能，在这个散文的世界里。

昨日重现

2003年12月CET-4真题
The manager urged his staff not to _____ the splendid opportunity.

A.drop
B.miss
C.escape
D.slide

2003年12月CET-6真题
The vision of that big black car hitting the sidewalk a few feet from us will never be _____ from my memory.

A.ejected
B.escaped
C.erased
D.omitted

答案 BC