英语单词 | foolish |
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英美音标 | 英 ['fuːlɪʃ] 美 ['fuːlɪʃ] |
中文释义 | adj.愚蠢的;荒谬的;可笑的 |
英语例句 | (1) They all jeer at the foolish speaker. (2) It's foolish to idle away one's precious time. (3) He could not account for his foolish mistake. (4) If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们都嘲笑那个愚蠢的演说者。 (2) 把大好时光浪费掉是愚蠢的。 (3) 他无法解释他所犯的荒谬的错误。 (4) 假使五千万人讲出一件荒谬的事,那仍然是荒谬的事。 |
vocabulary简明 | Foolish people are silly or senseless, and when you do something foolish, it's clearly unwise or irrational. Sitting on the hood of a car while your friend is driving it is a foolish thing to do. |
vocabulary扩展 | Things that show a lack of judgment are foolish, like cheating on a test or running into the street after a basketball. Foolish decisions at work can cost you your job, and foolish comments can hurt people's feelings. Foolish is a 14th century word that comes from fool, a person who's unwise. The Latin root, follis, means "bellows" or "leather bag." The "silly person" meaning comes from the figurative idea of a "windbag." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](举止或行为)愚蠢的,傻的,笨的 If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. [oft
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2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]傻的;蠢的;显得难堪的 If you look or feel foolish, you look or feel so silly or ridiculous that people are likely to laugh at you. [usu v-link ADJ]
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