Often, it is only the estrangement of foreign tongues, with their many exotic and outlandish features, that brings home the wonder of languages design.
通常来讲，正是有着异域风情和古怪特点的异国腔调的差异会使人诧异于语言的奇妙。
This idea is not as outlandish as it sounds.
这主意听上去荒诞不经，事实上却并非如此。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
He wondered if the idea wasn't just a little too flaky, a little too outlandish.
