无理

wú lǐ

HSK 7–9

Meaning

没有道理；不讲道理。

unreasonable; lacking reason or logic.

常用于形容人的行为或态度蛮横、不讲道理，也可指事物没有依据或逻辑。

Often used to describe someone's behavior or attitude as rude and unreasonable, or to indicate that something lacks basis or logic.

1 他的要求太过无理，我们无法接受。(His demands are too unreasonable; we cannot accept them.)
2 顾客无理取闹，店员只好报警。(The customer made an unreasonable scene, so the clerk had to call the police.)
3 你这样无理地指责别人，是不对的。(It is wrong for you to accuse others so unreasonably.)
4 在辩论中，他经常提出无理的论点。(In debates, he often makes unreasonable arguments.)
5 这种无理的规定早就应该废除。(This kind of unreasonable regulation should have been abolished long ago.)

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