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incongruity 英 [ˌɪnkɒn'ɡru:ətɪ] 　美 [ˌɪnkɑŋˈɡruɪtɪ]

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incongruity

n. 不协调；不一致；不适宜　

名词复数:incongruities　

How do we resolve this apparent incongruity?　怎样解决这一明显的不一致呢？

The incongruity of it is arresting.　它的不协调性是引人注目的。

Incongruity means out of place — something that doesn't fit in its location or situation. The art show patrons couldn't help but chuckle at the incongruity of a toilet sitting in the middle of an exhibition of Renaissance paintings.

incongruity (n.) 1530s, "quality of being incongruent," from French incongruité (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin incongruitas, from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + congruitas (see congruity). Meaning "that which is incongruent, an example of incongruency" is from c. 1600.

词频排名 noun:20961

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