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
- 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。 - Even so, the evil, folly or carelessness of others are no excuse for China to behave irresponsibly.
但即便如此,其他国家的罪孽、愚蠢及疏忽,不应成为中国不负责任行为的借口。 - It was my folly!
那是我的愚蠢! - Folly and ignorance play a part.
愚蠢和无知也起到了一定作用。 - Their folly drew on their disgrace.
他们的愚蠢使他们丢了脸。 - 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。 - 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。 - My folly has cost me dearly.
我的愚蠢使我损失惨重。 - In fact, we told you it was a folly.
实际上,我们曾告诉你们这是愚蠢的做法。