Only as she saw Dick bend forward with helpless laughter did she realize the preposterousness of her remark.

直到看到迪克弯下腰，发出无奈的笑声，她才意识到自己这番话的荒谬可笑。

The preposterousness of the notion that he could at once set up a satisfactory establishment as a married man was a sufficient guarantee against danger.

他可以立即建立一个令人满意的机构作为一个已婚男人的想法是荒谬的， 这是对危险的充分保证。