nincompoop

• n. 傻子，笨人

来自拉丁短语non compos mentis,心智不健全。

1. a stupid foolish person

nincompoop (n.)

1670s, nicompoop. Despite similarity [noted by Johnson] to Latin legal phrase non compos mentis "insane, mentally incompetent" (c. 1600), the connection is denied by etymologists because the earliest forms lack the second -n-. Weekley thinks first element may be a proper name, and cites Nicodemus, which he says was used in French for "a fool," or Nicholas. Klein says probably an invented word.

I'm out of sorts because I can't find the nincompoop who botched up the report.

我之所以烦恼是因为我找不到那个把报告搞糟的笨蛋.

辞典例句

A person without regrets is a nincompoop.

人生无憾,必是傻瓜.

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