folly
英 [ˈfɒli]
美 [ˈfɑːli]
n. 愚蠢; 愚笨; 愚蠢的想法(或事情、行为); (常见于旧时乡间豪宅花园中的)装饰性建筑
复数:follies
Collins.1 / BNC.5403 / COCA.9254
牛津词典
noun
- 愚蠢;愚笨;愚蠢的想法(或事情、行为)
a lack of good judgement; the fact of doing sth stupid; an activity or idea that shows a lack of judgement- an act of sheer folly
纯粹愚蠢的行动 - 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 would be folly to turn the offer down.
拒绝这个建议是愚蠢之举。 - the follies of youth
青年时期的愚蠢行为
- an act of sheer folly
- (常见于旧时乡间豪宅花园中的)装饰性建筑
a building that has no practical purpose but was built in the past for decoration, often in the garden of a large country house
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 愚蠢;荒唐
If you say that a particular action or way of behaving isfollyor afolly, you mean that it is foolish.- It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
在每年会发生几十次地震的国家建造核电站简直就是愚蠢至极。 - ...a reminder of the follies of war.
提醒人们战争之愚蠢的东西
- It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
- (尤指旧时英国花园等中的)装饰性建筑
Afollyis a small tower or other unusual building that is built as a decoration in a large garden or park, especially in Britain in former times.
英英释义
noun
- foolish or senseless behavior
- a stupid mistake
- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
- adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
双语例句
- Sometimes when I have been alone I have remembered that folly.
有是我独自一人,就会想起那桩荒唐事。 - She reasoned with me for an hour about the folly of my plans.
她同我争辩了一个小时,想使我明白我的计划有多荒唐。 - Some amuse themselves in folly.
有些人以干荒唐事取乐。 - But he had to laugh at his folly when he saw what his fear was doing to him.
但当他明白正是他的恐惧感使他如此裹足不前、坐以待毙的时候,他嘲笑起自己的愚笨。 - They should not expect Greeks to rescue them from their folly, after the fact.
他们自己做下了蠢事,事后不应指望希腊人来救他们。 - Germany, France and Italy suggest it would be folly to isolate Russia.
德国、法国和意大利认为,孤立俄罗斯将是愚蠢的。 - But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
然而我的愚蠢,并不是在恋爱方面,而是有虚荣心方面。 - I hinted at his imprudence, his folly, but he did not take my hint.
我暗示他的轻率,他的愚蠢,但他没有觉察我的暗示。 - The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life.
傻瓜们的荒唐事:人类生活中欺骗和自我欺骗的逻辑。 - Nobody knows who or what drove him on to commit that folly.
没有人知道上谁或什么事驱使他去干那件蠢事的。