他厌恶那种荒谬的想法。

He revolted against absurd idea.

youdao

那是一种荒谬的想法！

That's a preposterous idea!

youdao

在现在很多我们认为是理所当然的事情，曾被认为是荒谬的想法。

Many things we take for granted now were once considered to be ridiculous dreams.

youdao

They can pretty much pack it up and go home, because everyone's going to think they're ridiculous, no one will believe what they say, and it's a stupid idea anyway, is basically the gist of this conversation.

他们就可以打包回家了，因为每个人都会认为他们很荒谬，没有人会相信他们的说法，这是个很愚蠢的想法，这就是他们当时谈话的大概意思。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选