通译比典:nonsensical与nonsense之间的辨析

作为语言学专家，我将从构词、词性、语义和用法四个维度解析这对易混淆词： 1. 构词分析： - nonsense (n.) = non（无）+ sense（意义）→ 字面"无意义" - nonsensical (adj.) = nonsense + -ical（形容词后缀）→ "荒谬的" 2. 词性差异： - nonsense 是纯粹名词（可数/不可数）： ? This theory is pure nonsense.（不可数） ? She's talking complete nonsense.（不可数） ? The document was full of nonsense. ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)

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(1).中国译典 nonsensical nonsense

a.

没有意义的；荒谬的;

扩展解释：

1. 无意义的;愚蠢的

adj.

没有意义的,荒谬的

n.

[通常为不可数]

扩展解释：n.

废话,胡说,谬论

n.

[U]1. 胡说;胡闹,愚蠢的举动,2. 无价值(或不重要的)的东西,it.,1. 胡说!废话!

(2).维基词典 nonsensical nonsense

Without sense; absurd.

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

An untrue statement.

That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

Something foolish.

A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

To make nonsense of;

To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

To joke around, to waste time

Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

nonsensical

(3).韦伯斯特词典 nonsensical nonsense

Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

Trifles; things of no importance.

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