folly
['fɔli]
n. 愚蠢, 荒唐事
(复)follies: 轻松歌舞剧
例句与用法:
Beauty and folly are often companions.
[谚]美貌和愚蠢常结伴。
He bitterly repented his folly.
他对自己干的蠢事後悔已极。
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
[谚]无知的热情近乎愚蠢。
He is repentant of his folly.
他对自己的愚蠢行为而懊恼。
Our folly has undone us.
我们的愚蠢行为将自己毁了。
The old man smiled sadly when he remembered the follies of his youth.
这老人想起年轻时的荒唐事,不禁苦笑。
It is a great folly to try to persuade him.
试图说服他未免太愚蠢了。
词形变化:
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n.
1. 愚蠢; 愚笨[U]
My folly has cost me dearly.
我的愚蠢使我损失惨重。
2. 蠢事, 愚行; 傻念头[C]
The old man felt regret for the follies of his youth.
老人很后悔他年轻时的愚行。
It would be folly to quit your job before finding a new one.
在你找到新的工作前就辞职是不明智的。
3. 造价高而无用的怪异建筑物[C]
folly
名词复数:follies
词形变化:
名词复数: follies |
同义词:
stupidity | silliness | foolishness | foolery | haste | nonsense | vanity | craziness | madness | irrationality | idiocy | recklessness | foolhardiness | imprudence | tomfoolery | lunacy | betise | imbecility | indulgence | unwiseness |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
n.愚; 笨; 蠢
foolishness
silliness
stupidity
同义参见:
haste
foolery
vanity
nonsense
反义:
n.愚蠢; 蠢事; 愚行
wisdom
sagacity
folly['fɔli]n.1.■愚笨,愚蠢2.■愚蠢的行为(或思想等);愚行;蠢事,傻念头;傻话3.■耗费巨大收益甚微的事;工程浩大而不适用的建筑物,劳而无功的事4.■[废语]放荡,邪恶;品行不端5.■[复数,动词用单数]活报剧,时事讽刺剧变形n.follies
follyfolly[ˈfɔli]n.1.■愚蠢2.■傻念头,蠢行,荒唐事3.■吃亏上当的事4.■[pl. ] (反映时事的)一种轻松歌舞剧commit a folly作蠢事The -lies of youth are food for repentence in old age.[谚]年轻时胡闹, 年老时烦恼。
(pl. -ies)
- [mass noun]lack of good sense; foolishness
愚笨,愚蠢
an act of sheer folly.
绝对愚蠢之举。
■[count noun]a foolish act, idea, or practice
蠢行,傻念头,蠢事
the follies of youth.
青年人的傻事。 - a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park
巨资兴建的无用建筑,华而不实的建筑(尤指大花园或公园中的塔或仿哥特式遗迹) - (Follies)a theatrical revue with glamorous female performers
(迷人女演员表演的)时事讽刺剧
[in names]the Ziegfeld Follies.
齐格菲尔德时事讽刺剧。
- Middle English: from Old French folie 'madness', in modern French also 'delight, favourite dwelling' (compare with sense 2), from fol 'fool, foolish'
folly
名词 folly:
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
同义词:foolishness, unwiseness
a stupid mistake
同义词:stupidity, betise, foolishness, imbecility
the quality of being rash and foolish
同义词:foolishness, craziness, madness
foolish or senseless behavior
同义词:foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
folly
■Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.
(谚语)难得糊涂(该糊涂就得糊涂)。
■It was devotion-it was passion-it was all sorts of fondness and folly.
1这是一种献身精神,一种激情,是那形形色色的喜爱和迷恋。
■The devising of folly is sin, And the scorner is an abomination to men.
9愚妄人的计谋乃是罪恶,亵慢人为人所憎恶。
■KJV] As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
[新译]愚昧人一再重复他的愚妄,正像狗转过来,吃自己所吐的。
■Answer a fool according to his folly.
[谚]按照愚人的蠢话回答愚人。
■Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
[谚]无知的热情近乎愚蠢。
■Beauty and folly are often companions.
[谚]美貌和愚蠢常结伴。
■Where ignorance is bliss,it is folly to be wise.
[谚]该糊涂的时候就要糊涂;难得糊涂。
■And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.
“我又专心察明智慧、狂妄和愚昧,乃知这也是捕风。
■A folly is a technical term I used to use in my art history days.
“轻松歌舞剧”是一个我过去用在艺术史上的专业名词。
■An expensive folly could significantly inhibit our economic growth.
一个价值奋发的愚蠢的行为可能严重阻碍我国经济的增进。
■Strange that a man who has wit enough to write a satire shall have folly enough to publish it.
一个有才智足以写出讽刺作品的人,竟然还蠢到把它公诸同好,这才是怪事哩。
■One folly was enough, especially when it was to last for ever.
一件蠢事已经够了,尤其是会令人抱恨终生的蠢事。
■Everything was caused by her own inconceibable folly.
一切都是她自己不可思议的愚蠢造成的。
■A good folly is worth whatever you pay for it.
一次好的过失,不论多少都是值得为它付出的。
■Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.
一点愚昧也能败坏智慧和尊荣。
■Inconceivable folly; an inconceivable disaster.
不可理解的蠢行; 无法想象的灾难
■It would be folly to grant that increase without insisting on some quid pro quo.
不坚持要些报酬就同意那项增长是愚蠢的。
■To speak less of one's self than what one really is, is folly, not modesty.
不实事求是地贬低自己,是愚蠢,不是谦虚。
■It would be the height of folly not to finish his course now, whether he wants to practise as a dentist or not.
不管他是否想成一位牙科医生,现在不完成其学业简直是愚蠢极了。
■Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
不要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他,恐怕你与他一样。
■It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own.
中文:愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。
■To know oneself is wisdom, to forget oneself is folly.
了解自己是聪明,忘乎所以是愚蠢。
■Events proved the folly of such calculations.
事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
■Wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
二人同睡,就都暖和。
■A man lose his illusion first, his teeth second, and his folly last.
人会首先丧失其幻想、继而失其牙齿、最后才失掉愚行。
■A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord.
人的愚昧倾败他的道;他的心也抱怨耶和华。
■He persisted in his folly despite his friend's advice.
他不顾朋友们的劝告,硬是继续干他的蠢事。
■Learn wisdom by the folly of others.
他人的蠢行,自己的明镜。
■He had been to New York before and knew the resources of its folly.
他以前来过纽约,了解这里的骄奢淫逸。
■Their folly drew on their disgrace.
他们的愚蠢使他们丢了脸。
■He will suffer for his folly.
他会因自己的蠢行而受到惩罚。
■He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
他因不受训诲就必死亡;又因愚昧过甚,必走差了路。
■He bitterly repented his folly.
他对自己干的蠢事後悔已极。
■He is repentant of his folly.
他对自己的愚蠢行为而懊恼。
■There is no folly to which he would not stoop.
他已堕落到了甘愿做任何蠢事的地步。
■Folly, folly, his heart kept saying: conscious, gratuitous, suicidal folly.
他心里不住地说着:真蠢,真蠢,蠢得自觉自愿,蠢得无缘无故,蠢得自己找死!
■His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
他现在所受的困苦足够惩罚他从前的胡作非为了。
■He has bitterly repented his folly.
他痛悔自己的愚行。
■But the folly will not be driven out.
他的愚妄还是离不了他。
■Z is for zeal Zeal without knowledge is sister of folly .
代表"热情".盲目的热情是愚蠢的姐妹.
■But they are witness to human folly.
但它们都是人类愚行的见证。
■You're not fit for such a climb and it's nothing more nor less than folly to attempt it.
你不适于爬这样的山,要想爬,就是实实在在的大傻瓜。
■You'd know the folly of being comforted.
你就会知道聆听别人安慰多愚蠢。
■You are stupidity, folly, contempt.
你愚蠢,无知而又傲慢。
■The school stared in perplexity at this incredible folly.
全班同学迷惑不解地盯着汤姆,觉得他行为愚蠢,令人不可思议。
■Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.
凡通达人都凭知识行事;愚昧人张扬自己的愚昧。
■Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool displays folly.
凡通达人都凭知识行事.愚昧人张扬自己的愚昧。
■To marry a man out of pity is folly.
出于同情而加给一个男人是愚蠢的。
■To reduce public spending on health would be an act of the greatest folly.
削减公共卫生的开支将是非常愚蠢的事。