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non·sense

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\\ˈnän-ˌsen(t)s, ˈnän(t)-sən(t)s\\ noun1.
  a. words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
  b.
    (1) language, conduct, or an idea that is absurd or contrary to good sense
    (2) an instance of absurd action
2.
  a. things of no importance or value : trifles
  b. affected or impudent conduct
      took no nonsense from subordinates
3. genetic information consisting of one or more codons that do not code for any amino acid and usually cause termination of the molecular chain in protein synthesis
• non·sen·si·cal \\ˌnän-ˈsen(t)-si-kəl\\ adjective
• non·sen·si·cal·ly \\-k(ə-)lē\\ adverb
• non·sen·si·cal·ness \\-kəl-nəs\\ noun

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adjective1. consisting of an arbitrary grouping of speech sounds or symbols
    \\ˈshrȯg-ˌthī-əmpth\\ is a nonsense word
    a nonsense syllable
2. consisting of one or more codons that are genetic nonsense — compare ,

nonsense
  1614, from non- + sense.

☞ nonsense
non·sense / 5nCnsns; NAmE 5nB:nsens; -sns / noun1. [U, C] 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 to say 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. [U] 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. [U] 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。
 IDIOMS 
▪ make (a) 'nonsense of sth
   to 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。
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stuff

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nonsense noun

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non·sense
I. \ˈnänˌsen(t)s, -_sən-\ noun
1.
 a. : something that is not sense or has no sense : words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
  < apples harvest — the words are now nonsense; they have lost their grammar — Charlton Laird >
 b. : something written or said that is absurd or contrary to good sense : ,
  < a lot of nonsense has been uttered — R.A.Lester >
  < no throaty oratorical nonsense was there — W.A.White >
 c.
  (1) : conduct or a course of action that is absurd or contrary to good sense : a piece of absurdity
   < this, of course, makes nonsense of the liberation policy — New Statesman & Nation >
   < this attitude is, manifestly, nonsense — Allan Sangster >
   < the nonsense that the ragged rebels spoke of as their War for Independence — F.V.W.Mason >
  (2) : an instance of nonsensical action
   < if this did happen to be just a nonsense — Nigel Balchin >
   < dispelling his many nonsenses — American Anthropologist >
 d. : a concrete object whose acceptance or use is contrary to good sense
  < an Eskimo cloak makes perfect sense in the Arctic regions, though it … is nonsense in Guayaquil — Gustave Weigel >
  < never pay any attention to the nonsense of omens — George Meredith >
2.
 a. : things of no importance or value : trifles, , frills
  < the raincoats are classic, without any nonsense — New Yorker >
 b. : foolish, affected, impudent or frivolous conduct or manner : fooling,
  < the Indians of those regions would stand no nonsense — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager >
  < were taught to recite poetry when asked and no nonsense — Katherine A. Porter >
  < a brisk old lady with no nonsense about her — Jean Stafford >
II. adjective
1. archaic :
2.
 a. : being a verse (as ibbety, bibbety, sibbety, sab) consisting of words or syllables arranged primarily with regard to meter and not to sense
 b. : being a poem or other literary composition of humorous or whimsical character typically with odd, grotesque, or anomalous themes, characters, and actions and often marked by the use of words coined for the purpose that sometimes have an evocative character but no precise or generally accepted meaning
  < limericks and other types of nonsense poetry >
3. : being a simulated unit of speech (as a word or syllable) fabricated by arbitrary grouping of speech sounds or symbols and pronounced to provide a test as of ability to apprehend speech sounds or word or syllable boundaries
 < ˈshkrȯgˌthyəmpth is a nonsense word >
 < a linguistic response like the nonsense syllable provides … a highly differentiable but easily recognizable response — J.B.Carroll >
III. noun
: genetic information consisting of one or more codons that do not code for any amino acids and usually cause termination of the molecular chain in protein synthesis — compare herein herein
IV. adjective

: consisting of one or more codons that are genetic nonsense