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美音:[´fu:lıʃ ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.愚蠢的,傻的,笨的,卤莽的,可爱的

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foolish


/'fu:lɪʃ; `fulɪʃ/
adj
1 (a) (of people) lacking good sense or judgement; silly 愚蠢的; 傻的
*She's a foolish interfering old woman! 她是个瞎管闲事的老太太!
* And I was foolish enough to believe him! 我真傻, 竟相信了他!
* It would be foolish (of us) to pretend that the accident never happened. 要是装成没发生事故的样子, 那(我们)就太愚蠢了.
(b) (of actions, statements, etc) showing a lack of good sense or judgement; unwise or stupid (指行为、言论等)缺乏头脑的, 欠妥的, 不明智的, 愚蠢的
*a foolish decision, comment, reply, etc 不明智的决定、议论、答覆等.
2 [usu pred 通常作表语] made to feel or look ridiculous and embarrassed; stupid 感到或显得荒唐而难堪; 愚蠢
*I felt very foolish having to stand up and give a speech. 我必须站起来讲话, 感到很难为情.
* He's afraid of looking foolish in front of all his friends.他怕在所有朋友面前出洋相.
3 (idm 习语) penny wise pound foolish => penny.

foolish


adj
a foolish action, remark etc is stupid and shows that someone is not thinking sensibly
= silly
 I've never heard anything so foolish in all my life.
 It would be foolish to ignore his advice.
be foolish enough to do sth
 I was foolish enough to believe him.
a foolish person behaves in a silly way or looks silly
= stupid
 I was young and foolish at the time.
 a foolish grin
look/feel foolish
 He'd been made to look foolish.
>foolishlyadv
 She foolishly agreed to go with them.
>foolishnessn[U]
1. But he had been laughed at as a foolish dreamer, and few people had any faith in him.
    可是人们都嘲笑他是个糊里糊涂的梦想家,几乎没人相信他的话。

2. They are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed.
    他们常常愚蠢得足以让少年看出他们在恼火.

3. They are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed.
    他们常常愚蠢得足以让少年看出他们在恼火.

4. He is ashamed of his foolish behaviour.
    他对自己的愚蠢行为感到惭愧。

5. You are foolish.
    你是笨蛋.

6. Parents are often upset when their children praise the homes of their friends and regard it as a slur on their own cooking, or cleaning, or furniture, and often are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed.
    当家长听到孩子赞扬自己朋友的家时,总感到不安,认为孩子在嫌弃自家的饭菜、卫生、或家具,而且愚蠢地让孩子看出自己的烦恼。

7. So that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
    这样一旦滑回到那些老习惯上去,我们在别人的眼里会显得更加难堪。

8. “Well, I don’t know.” How foolish I was. Why had I said this?
    “嗯,我吃不准。”我多笨啊!我干嘛要说这句话呢?

9. "I was very foolish to love gold so much," he said.
    “我真是太傻了,这么贪爱金子,”他说。

10. It´s really foolish of you to buy such a rusty sword.
    你真傻, 买了一把生锈的剑.

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