incongruous

英 [ɪn'kɒŋɡruəs] 美 [ɪn'kɑːŋɡruəs]

• adj. 不协调的；不一致的；前后不一的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness;

   "a plan incongruous with reason"
   "incongruous behavior"
   "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I found the scene somewhat incongruous.
   我发觉布景有点不协调。
2. A joke that was incongruous with polite conversation.
   一个与礼貌谈话不相协调的玩笑。
3. Their acts are incongruous with their principles.
   他们的行为与信奉的原则不一致。
4. Negotiating with terrorists is incongruous with national policy.
   和恐怖分子进行谈判不符合国家政策。
5. His private opinions were incongruous with his public statements.
   他私下的见解和公开的谈话相矛盾。

经典引文

• To be thinking of..love while dressing for a funeral may seem an incongruous thing.

  出自： R. Warner

• His handssbroad peasant hands..look incongruous because the rest of him is finely made.

  出自： D. Athill

近反义词

【近义词】

• incompatible 不相容的
• inconsistent 不一致的
• antagonistic 对抗性的
• aberrant 脱离正道的
• contradictory 矛盾的
• discrepant 相差的
• incoherent 不连贯的
• odd 奇数的
• strange 奇怪的
• out of place 不合适的
• inappropriate 不适当的
• absurd 荒唐的
• bizarre 奇异的
• unsuitable 不适宜的
• inharmonious 不合谐的

【反义词】

• congruous 一致的