ridiculous

1、ridiculous 的命门是拉丁 ridere="笑"：ridiculus 本义"引人发笑的东西"，被人笑 = 可笑、荒唐。同族 deride（嘲笑、嘲弄）里也藏着这一截 rid-。
2、拼写陷阱：中间是 ridi- 不是 redi-——古书里见过 rediculous 的写法，今天算错拼；重音在第四音节前的 -dic-（/rɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/）。
3、"傻得可笑"三兄弟：ridiculous 带轻蔑（荒唐得让人笑话），silly 是傻乎乎（人畜无害的那种笨），absurd 是不合逻辑（荒诞、讲不通）。It is ridiculous to judge a country by its food. 这种句型常考。

ridiculous 愚蠢的，荒唐的

来自 riducule,嘲笑，嘲弄。

ridiculous (adj.)

1540s, ridyculouse, from Latin ridiculosus "laughable," from ridiculus "that which excites laughter," from ridere "to laugh." Shakespeare and other 17c. writers sometimes spelled it rediculous. Slang extensions to "outrageous" (1839); "excellent" (1959, jazz slang). Related: Ridiculously; ridiculousness.

1. The deal seems so attractive it would be ridiculous to say no.

这笔交易看上去太诱人了，要是拒绝它简直是笑话。

2. The film starts off realistically and then develops into a ridiculous fantasy.

电影以写实开头，然后却发展成为荒诞的幻想。

3. Ludlam was responsible for making Ridiculous Theatre something of a cult.

荒诞派戏剧的风靡要归功于勒德拉姆。

4. It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance.

暗示我们正在谈恋爱的说法真是太荒谬了。

5. At times the show veered from the sublime to the ridiculous.

有时表演会突然从高雅而变得低俗。

【ridiculous, silly, absurd】
这组词都有“愚蠢，可笑”的意思，其区别是：
ridiculous: a.荒唐可笑的，指因为愚昧无知而令人发笑并成为笑柄，含有蔑视成分。
• It is ridiculous to judge a foreign culture only by its food. 仅仅根据一个国家的饮食来评价该国家的文化是荒唐可笑的。
silly: a.愚蠢的，傻的，指由于单纯或者头脑简单而显得愚蠢。
• a silly little boy 傻小子
absurd: a.荒谬的，可笑的，指因不符合常识、违反真理或不合逻辑而令人发笑。
• There was an absurd idea that the earth was flat and motionless. 过去曾经有一种荒谬的观点认为地球呈扁平状而且静止不动。