"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"
derisory的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
In the first, which Carr sent to Rosenfeld the next week, he called the offer "derisory." 在一开始
Yet in Europe use of natural-gas vehicles is derisory. 可是欧洲使用天然气的车辆少的可怜。