in what world

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. How. (used in rhetorical questions to criticize something as completely inconsistent with reality and/or logic).
    — In what world is it "wholly unconscionable and politically unpalatable" to deny Nigeria a Security Council veto?

词源

Use of a reference to alternative realities to imply that the thing criticized is inconsistent with our own reality.
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