Before the minister had time to celebrate his victory over this last temptation, he was conscious of another impulse, more ludicrous, and almost as horrible.

牧师还没来得及庆贺他刚刚战胜了诱惑，便又觉察到了一次冲动，这次冲动如前几次一样可怕，只是更加无稽。

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In a sense, you might ask what could be more ludicrous, Socrates declaring himself or anyone declaring themselves to be a gift of the divine.

就某种意义而言,还有什么，比苏格拉底自称,或任何人自称,是天赐恩典的主张更荒唐。

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Something far more ludicrous than anything at all in the official theology.

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The notion that Tony Blair is content to make Oxford and Cambridge the preserve of the wealthy by frightening away able students of modest means is even more ludicrous.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

All the rest of that week I tried to think through my decision carefully, but the more I tried to organize my thoughts the more ludicrous I felt for thinking them at all.

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