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
- 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。 - It took me this long, through some bitter losses, to recognize the folly of that reasoning.
我花了这么长时间,经过痛苦的损失,才认清这个推论是如此愚蠢。 - To know it's no use, but keep on doing it--there can be no greater folly than this.
知其不可而为之,愚不可及也。 - Folly and ignorance play a part.
愚蠢和无知也起到了一定作用。 - 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。 - Napoleon's army was sacrificed on the altar of folly in the disastrous Russian campaign.
在灾难性的俄国战役中,拿破仑的军队成了这一愚蠢之举的牺牲品。 - I'm sorry to make such a folly mistake.
很抱歉,我竟然犯了这样一个愚蠢的错误。 - 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。 - 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。 - Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
爱是蠢人的智慧和智者的愚蠢。