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词典释义:
folly
时间: 2023-09-07 11:08:34
托福GRE
英 [ˈfɒli]
美 [ˈfɑːli]

n. 愚笨;愚蠢;巨资兴建的无用建筑;华而不实的建筑;时事讽刺剧;蠢事;蠢行;傻念头

双语例句
  • What he did in the conference was an act of sheer folly.

    他在会议中的所作所为是彻头彻尾的愚蠢行为。

  • The castle on this cliff is a folly with no practical use.

    这个悬崖上的城堡是个装饰性建筑,无实际用途。

  • She was famous for her excellent performance in Follies.

    她因在时事讽刺剧中的出色表演而出名。

  • It would be folly for the country to become involved in the war.

    这个国家要卷入战争是愚蠢之举

  • A common financial folly among young people is to want too much, too soon.

    年轻人在财务上一个常见的愚蠢行为是想要一夜暴富。

  • It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget one's own.

    愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错误而忘记自己的错误。

  • Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.

    当无知为福时,聪明就是愚蠢。

  • It would be folly to turn the offer down.

    拒绝这个建议是愚蠢之举。

  • It seems like an act of monumental folly.

    这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。

  • Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters.

    贫穷和人类的愚蠢加剧自然灾难。

  • Giving up a secure job seems to be the height of folly.

    放弃一份安定的工作似乎愚蠢至极。

  • It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.

    在一个每年发生几十起地震的国家建立核电站实在愚蠢。

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n.

[mass noun]lack of good sense; foolishness

愚笨,愚蠢

  • an act of sheer folly.

     绝对愚蠢之举。

[count noun]a foolish act, idea, or practice

蠢行,傻念头,蠢事

  • the follies of youth.

     青年人的傻事。

a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park

(仅供观赏的)巨资兴建的无用建筑,华而不实的建筑(尤指大花园或公园中的塔或仿哥特式遗迹)。

(Follies)a theatrical revue with glamorous female performers

(迷人女演员表演的)时事讽刺剧

  • [in names]the Ziegfeld Follies.

     齐格菲尔德时事讽刺剧。

词源

"Middle English: from Old French folie ‘madness', in modern French also ‘delight, favourite dwelling' (compare with sense 2), from fol ‘fool, foolish’."

  • How might I convince you of the folly of your decision? Stop tinkering with that and look at me.

    我该如何让你明白,你的结论非常愚蠢?别在摆弄那些碎片了,看着我。

    《Marco Polo Season 1》《马可波罗 第一季》

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