Kafkaesque

a. 卡夫卡式；受压抑和恶梦般的

发音

UK /ˌkæfkəˈʔɛsk/
UK /ˌkæfkəˈɹɛsk/
其它
UK /ˌkæfkəˈɛsk/
US /ˌkɑfkəˈʔɛsk/
US /ˌkæfkəˈʔɛsk/
US /ˌkɑfkəˈɛsk/
US /ˌkæfkəˈɛsk/

词形变化

more Kafkaesque 比较级 most Kafkaesque 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.

    Kafkaesque bureaucracies

  2. 2.

    Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of looming danger.

  3. 3.

    In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.

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近义相关 1

unrealistic

词源

From Kafka + -esque, after writer Franz Kafka. Piecewise doublet of Kafkaish.

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