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nonsense n.废话；胡说；荒唐 (1) 我一生中从未听到过这样的废话！(2) 他的话纯粹是胡说。(3) 我们不能允许那种荒唐的事。(4) 她说话如此荒唐,以至于连她母亲都生气了。 Nonsense means exactly what it sounds like: not containing a lick of sense. Nonsense words are made up. But sometimes if you say something in a really confusing way, people will say you're speaking nonsense: even though you're using normal words, you don't make any sense. Sometimes people will dismiss ideas that they don't like by calling them nonsense, but you might know better. Little household knick-knacks that have no purpose are also called nonsense.

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英 ['nɒnsns] 美 ['nɑːnsens] (1) I have never in my entire life heard such nonsense!(2) What he said is nonsense.(3) We'll have no nonsense of that sort.(4) "She spoke such nonsense, so far as to anger even her mother." Nonsense is stuff that sounds like language but doesn't have any meaning, like the phrase higgledy-piggledy-po, or fwumphy-doo. The most famous nonsense poem is Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky." 1[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。”2[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。3[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4See also:no-nonsense；  5[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。

英语单词	nonsense
英美音标	英 ['nɒnsns] 美 ['nɑːnsens]
中文释义	n.废话；胡说；荒唐
英语例句	(1) I have never in my entire life heard such nonsense! (2) What he said is nonsense. (3) We'll have no nonsense of that sort. (4) "She spoke such nonsense, so far as to anger even her mother."
中文例句	(1) 我一生中从未听到过这样的废话！ (2) 他的话纯粹是胡说。 (3) 我们不能允许那种荒唐的事。 (4) 她说话如此荒唐,以至于连她母亲都生气了。
vocabulary简明	Nonsense is stuff that sounds like language but doesn't have any meaning, like the phrase higgledy-piggledy-po, or fwumphy-doo. The most famous nonsense poem is Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky."
vocabulary扩展	Nonsense means exactly what it sounds like: not containing a lick of sense. Nonsense words are made up. But sometimes if you say something in a really confusing way, people will say you're speaking nonsense: even though you're using normal words, you don't make any sense. Sometimes people will dismiss ideas that they don't like by calling them nonsense, but you might know better. Little household knick-knacks that have no purpose are also called nonsense.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。” 2 [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。 3 [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 4 See also:no-nonsense ； 5 [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。

Nonsense Make Made People N Uncount 不可数名词 I Sounds