美
[dɪ'raɪsəri]
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
"that's a cockeyed idea"
"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
"a contribution so small as to be laughable"
"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
What would appear to them a derisory sum might be of importance to a poet.
出自： S. Unwin
Both rejected the present rate offer as 'derisory'.
出自：Oxford Times
