其他形式

• (古旧)

词源

源自拉丁語 (“前后倒置的，颠倒的，扭曲的”)，源自 (“前”) + (“跟着的”)。

发音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs/, /pɹɪˈpɒstɹəs/, /pɹə-/
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助)：/pɹəˈpɑstəɹəs/, /pɹəˈpɑstɹəs/

• （美国）音频：

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形容词

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1. 荒谬的，违反常理的；离奇的，古怪的
   • c. 1595–1596, W. Shakespere [i.e., ], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, 出版於 1598, →OCLC; 再版為 Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     [...] I did incounter that obſeene and moſt prepoſterous euent that draweth frõ my ſnowhite pen the ebon coloured Incke, which here thou vieweſt, beholdeſt, ſuruayeſt, or ſeeſt. [...] There did I ſee that low ſpirited Swaine, [...] hight Coſtard, (Clow[ne]. O mee) ſorted and conſorted contrary to thy eſtabliſhed proclaymed Edict and continent Cannon; Which with, o with, but with this I paſſion to ſay wherewith: / Clo[wne]. With a Wench.

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   • 1837, ], “An Audience”, 出自 Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], 卷 II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC，頁號 257:

     So I am to send Mrs. Churchill down to the very spot where a treasonable correspondence is most easily managed; and by the ease with which she gets out of a first scrape, give her all possible encouragement to get into another. Well, I was quite right in asking what preposterous request had you come here about!

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   • 2014 12月 4, , “A deficit of dignity”, 出自 ‎:

     Leading the attack on the president's very citizenship is the professional vulgarian , who gets away with the kind of preposterous, race-based comments granted few black public figures.

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   • 2016 1月 30, “America deserves more from presidential hopefuls”, 出自 The National, retrieved 31 January 2016:

     Democrats, too, must be criticised. While they have not made preposterous statements or been threatening or demagogic, they, all too often, have come up short, failing to propose new ideas that can help unwind conflicts raging across the Middle East.

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