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Nonsense Make N Uncount Spoken Written Refer Made 英[ˈnɒnsns

单词 nonsense
音标
英[ˈnɒnsns] 美[ˈnɑnsens]
解释
n.胡说,废话;荒谬的念头;愚蠢的行为;胡闹;adj.无意义的;荒谬的;int.荒唐;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
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.
例: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。
例:...all that poetic nonsense about love...所有那些关于爱情的充满诗情画意的假话

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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.
例: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。
例: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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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 .
例:...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

PHRASE
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.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
pl:nonsenses~

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