foolish
英 ['fuːlɪʃ]
美['fulɪʃ]
- adj. 愚蠢的；傻的
词态变化
副词: foolishly;名词: foolishness;
英英释意
- 1. devoid of good sense or judgment;
- "foolish remarks"
- "a foolish decision"
- 2. having or revealing stupidity;
- "ridiculous anserine behavior"
- "a dopey answer"
- "a dopey kid"
- "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
英文词源
- foolish (adj.)
- early 14c., from fool (n.1) + -ish. Older adjectives in Middle English were fool (c. 1200); folly (c. 1300). Old English words for this were dysig, stunt, dol. Related: Foolishly; foolishness.
同义词辨析
foolish, silly, stupid, simple, dull
这些形容词都可表示"愚蠢的，笨的，傻的"之意。
foolish： 一般指人的无头脑、愚蠢，或缺乏常识与判断力，或指行动的愚蠢可笑。
silly： 口语用词，可和foolish互换，但语气稍强。侧重指人的言行不合常规或不理智，强调单纯、低能和糊涂。
stupid： 多指人或行为的愚蠢，尤指先天智能低下，或因某种原因失去正常的反应或感觉。有时也可与silly和foolish换用，但语气强，常含贬义。
simple： 强调头脑简单或缺少智慧。
dull： 指对问题理解迟钝，缺乏灵敏机智头脑，可能是先下智力低下，也可能因疲倦或健康不佳所致。
考试真题
- Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Most notoriously,Oprah's validation of jenny McCarthy's claim that vaccines cause autism(自闭症)has no doubt contributed to much harm through the foolish avoidance of vaccines.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- It's also your choice if you want to go out at night, but you will be foolish to let that affect your class performance during the day.
2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- They worry that the adolescent peer group has the power to push its members into behavior that is foolish and even dangerous.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
实用场景例句
- We foolishly thought that everyone would speak English.
- 我们真蠢，竟以为人人都会说英语。
牛津词典
- Foolishly, I allowed myself to be persuaded to enter the contest.
- 我竟傻乎乎地让人说服去参加比赛。
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- [不可数名词]Jenny had to laugh at her own foolishness.
- 珍妮只好自嘲自己的愚蠢。
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- He's afraid of looking foolish in front of his friends.
- 他怕在朋友面前出丑。
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- She's just a vain, foolish woman.
- 她不过是个愚蠢自负的女人。
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- I was foolish enough to believe what Jeff told me.
- 我真蠢，竟相信杰夫和我说的话。
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- The accident was my fault─ it would be foolish to pretend otherwise.
- 这次事故是我的过失——装作没有责任那才傻呢。
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- How could she have been so foolish as to fall in love with him?
- 她怎么这么傻，竟爱上了他？
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- a foolish idea/dream/mistake
- 荒唐的想法 / 梦 / 错误
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- It was a very foolish thing to do.
- 干那种事很蠢。
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- I felt foolish and a failure.
- 我自觉是个愚蠢的失败者。
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- It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily...
- 无谓地燃起人们的希望是愚蠢的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It is foolish to risk skin cancer.
- 冒患上皮肤癌的风险是愚蠢的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I just stood there feeling foolish and watching him...
- 我只是傻傻地站在那里看着他。
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- I didn't want him to look foolish and be laughed at.
- 我不希望见到他出丑，被别人嘲笑。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.
- 宁做聪明的傻子,不做愚蠢的聪明人.
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- No one is foolish enough to endorse it.
- 没有哪个人会傻得赞成它.
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- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- 令人讨厌的小人物身上有着愚蠢的一致性.
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- That foolish fellow is looking for trouble.
- 那个愚蠢的家伙在自找麻烦.
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- It is foolish not to invest in stocks, so I will show her how to be bearish without them too, if she chooses.
- 不投资股票是愚蠢的, 因此如果她选择股票,我会向她展示怎样在没有长期潜力的情况下进行卖空.
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- Don't close with him; he is a foolish man.
- 别跟他 打架 ,他是个傻子.
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- How foolish you should be if you were to take these words seriously.
- 如果你把这些话当真,那你真是太傻了.
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- We consider them to have been foolish.
- 我们认为他们的做法是愚蠢的.
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- It'seems foolish not to give Ann her freedom, if that's what she really wants.
- 安要是真想离婚的话,不同意她离就太蠢了.
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- His foolish act has brought a storm about his ears.
- 他的愚蠢行动招致了人们的强烈不满.
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- It would be foolish to let such an opportunity slip; it's a chance of a lifetime.
- 坐失这个良机, 那是太傻了,这是一生中难得的机会.
《简明英汉词典》
- If he had a modicum of sense, he wouldn't do such a foolish thing.
- 要是他稍有一点理智, 他决不会做出如此愚蠢的事来.
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