"And what reason is that?"" asked Hester, half smiling at the absurd incongruity of the child's observation; but, on second thoughts, turning pale. ""What has the letter to do with any heart, save mine?"

"那究竟是什么原因呢?"海丝特问道,起初还因为孩子那番话荒诞不经而面带微笑;但转念一想,面孔就苍白了。"除去我的心之外,这字母跟别人的心又有什么关系呢?"

The incongruity of the word "spirit" in his mouth struck him so sharply

从他嘴里说出不相称的“血气”这两个字,真是强烈地感动了他。

A European artistic and literary movement(1916-1923)that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense,travesty,and incongruity .

达达主义运动欧洲文学艺术界的运动(1916-1923年),通过随意涂写、嘲讽、不和谐的作品,来藐视传统的艺术和文化价值

When the particular outstrips the general,we are faced with an incongruity .

当特别是超过了总的来讲,我们正面临着一个不协调。

Comical because of incongruity or strangeness;bizarre.

荒唐可笑的因为不和谐和怪异而滑稽可笑的;异乎寻常的

An occurrence,a result,or a circumstance notable for such incongruity .

具有讽刺意味的事显然具有这样一种不一致的事件、结果或情形

Ironically,even as the government was fulminating against American policy,American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market,where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.

具有讽刺意味的是,甚至当政府正强烈谴责美国的政策时,美国牛仔裤和录像带却是市场的摊位上最抢手的商品,因为此处的前后不一致可被视为代表了人类的反复无常

“researchers have suggested that when there is an incongruity between the verbal and the nonverbal message we tend to believe the nonverbal one,” according to Patton and Giffin, authors of Decision-Making Group Interaction

据《决策群体的相互影响》作者巴顿的吉芬说:“研究人员认为,当语言信息与非语言信息不一致时,人们倾向于相信非语言方式表达的意思

Laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurdity or incongruity .

可笑的由于明显的荒谬或不协调而使发笑或可笑的

She smiled at the incongruity of the question.

面对这样突兀的问题,她笑了。

Cognitive dissonance is also applied to a perceived incongruity between a person's attitudes and his behavior

认识分歧也用于指一个人的态度和他的行为之间可以看得出来的不一致。

The apparent incongruity of a scientist having a simple religious faith

身为科学家而有单纯的宗教信仰那种明显的不协调.

It was a night when sorrow may come to the brightest without causing any great sense of incongruity

这是一个可由哀愁变为狂喜而又不引起任何严重不协调感的夜晚。

Germans usually expect to read about such clerical ostentation in history books about the Reformation. Pope Francis, who has chosen simplicity and modesty as his message, makes the incongruity even starker. In an increasingly secular Germany this latest scandal is disastrous for the churches.

德国人通常喜欢从有关宗教改革的历史书上阅读到此类关于牧师虚伪的故事。选择简单和谦虚作为自己行事方式的教皇弗朗西斯让这种矛盾凸显的更加厉害，以致达到了天壤之别的效果。在信教人数越来越少的德国，这种丑闻对教会来说真是灾难性的打击。

In the early 1990s the discovery of mirror neurons led to a new way to understand the incongruity aspect of humor.

上世纪九十年代初镜像神经的发现为理解幽默中的不协调性开辟了新的途径。

How do we resolve this apparent incongruity ?

怎样解决这一明显的不一致呢？

retinal incongruity

视网膜不对应

incongruity of affect

情感不协调