[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]胡说；假话；愚蠢的话 If you say that something spoken or written is nonsense, you mean that you consider it to be untrue or silly.
[disapproval]
Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense.
但大多数传统的医生认为此说法完全是胡说八道。
...all that poetic nonsense about love...
所有那些关于爱情的充满诗情画意的假话
I'm putting on weight.'—'Nonsense my dear.'
“我长胖了。”“胡说，亲爱的。”
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]愚蠢的举动；冒失(或轻浮)的行为 You can use nonsense to refer to something that you think is foolish or that you disapprove of.
[also a N]
[disapproval]
Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources...
耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。
I think there is a limit to how much of this nonsense people are going to put up with.
我想人们对这种胡闹总有一个承受极限。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]无意义的话；荒谬的话 You can refer to spoken or written words that do not mean anything because they do not make sense as nonsense .
...a children's nonsense poem by Charles E Carryl.
查尔斯·E.卡里尔写的一首儿童打油诗
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no-nonsense
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[PHRASE 短语]使变得荒唐；使失去意义 To make a nonsense of something or to make nonsense of it means to make it seem ridiculous or pointless.
[V inflects]
The fighting made a nonsense of peace pledges made in London last week...
这场战斗使上周在伦敦所作的和平承诺变成一纸空文。
It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country.
这使将我们自己的规定凌驾于该国收养法之上的做法显得十分荒谬。
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non·sense★/ˈnɒnsns; NAmEˈnɑːnsens;ˈnɑːnsns/noun1★[uncountable , countable ]ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are ridiculous or not true 谬论；胡扯；胡言乱语SYN
rubbish
◆Reports that he has resigned are nonsense.有关他已经辞职的报道是无稽之谈。◆You're talking nonsense!你在胡说八道！◆‘I won't go.’ ‘Nonsense! You must go!’“我不想去。”“胡扯！你一定得去！”◆It's nonsense tosay they don't care. 说他们不在意那是瞎扯。◆The idea is an economic nonsense.这种观点是经济学上的谬论。2★[uncountable ]silly or unacceptable behaviour 愚蠢的行为；冒失；不可接受的行为◆The new teacher won't stand for any nonsense.这位新教师不会容忍任何无礼行为。☞see also
no-nonsense
3★[uncountable ]spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense 毫无意义的话；没有意义的文章◆a book of children's nonsense poems一本儿童打油诗集◆Most of the translation he did for me was complete nonsense.他给我做的大多数译文完全不知所云。IDIOMmake (a) ˈnonsense of sthto reduce the value of sth by a lot; to make sth seem ridiculous 使…的价值大打折扣；使…显得荒诞◆If people can bribe police officers, it makes a complete nonsense of the legal system.如果人们可以收买警察，法律体系就会变得一文不值。☞more at
1untrue/stupid [singular, uncountable] ideas, opinions, statements etc that are not true or that seem very stupidSYN rubbish British English: ‘I’m a prisoner in my own home.’ ‘Nonsense!’absolute/utter/complete nonsense ‘Nobody cares about me.’ ‘That’s absolute nonsense, Mary!’nonsense about all this nonsense about health foods If you ask me, these modern teaching methods are a load of nonsense (=a lot of nonsense). He was talking utter nonsense as usual.be a nonsense British English The government’s housing policy is a nonsense. By 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense.it is (a) nonsense to do something It is nonsense to say that mistakes are never made.2annoying behaviour [uncountable] behaviour that is stupid and annoying: You’re to stop that nonsense, do you hear me?not stand/put up with/take any nonsense (=not accept such behaviour) She won’t stand any nonsense from the kids in her class.3without meaning [uncountable] speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood: Computer programs look like complete nonsense to me.4make (a) nonsense of something British English to make an action, system, or plan useless or ineffective: Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year’s elections.5nonsense poems/verse/rhymes poetry that is humorous because it does not have a sensible meaningCOLLOCATIONSadjectivescomplete/total nonsense· Most of what has been written on this subject is complete nonsense.utter/absolute nonsense (=complete nonsense)· He said that the charges against him were absolute nonsense.verbstalk nonsense· That's not true - he's talking nonsense!believe this/that nonsense· Don’t tell me you believe all this nonsense about ghosts!phrasesthat's nonsense (=used to emphasize that something is not true)· That’s nonsense. I never said that at all.a load of nonsense informal (=things that are completely untrue)· What she told you was a load of nonsense. Mark doesn’t drink at all.a lot of nonsense (=things that are completely untrue)· ‘Don’t fill her head with a lot of nonsense,’ said her mother.stuff and nonsense old-fashioned (=nonsense)· When asked what he thought of astrology, he replied, 'Stuff and nonsense!'
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