witless['witlis]adj.1.■无智慧的；不机灵的；愚蠢的2.■发疯的；神经错乱的
witlesswitless[ˈwitlis]adj.1.■无才智的, 不机敏的, 没脑筋的, 愚笨的
继承用法witlesslyadv.
adjective
- foolish; stupid
愚蠢的，傻的；不明事理的
a witless retort.
愚蠢的反驳。
■[as complement]to such an extent that one cannot think clearly or rationally
发疯的，精神错乱的
I was scared witless.
我吓得灵魂出窍。
witlessly
adverb
witlessness
noun
语源
- Old English witlēas 'crazy, dazed' (see wit, -less)
witless
形容词 witless:
(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
同义词：nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted
witless
■The assassination attempt that failed in July 1944 was witless and traitorous
1944年7月以失败而告终的那个暗杀企图即无头脑，又失信义。
■Experienced but witless is better than knowlegable but non-experience.
1有经验而无学问胜于有学问而无经验。
■"But do let her go, Jacky," coaxed his poor witless wife.
“可是你非叫她去不可，捷奇，”他那位头脑简单，智力低下的太太甜言蜜语地说。
■"A pestilence on the witless little dunce!
“该死的蠢丫头
■A pestilence on the witless little dunce!
“该死的蠢丫头！”
■a witless child/remark
不明事理的孩子；胡话
■I want you The truth can't hurt you It's just like the dark It scares you witless But in time you see things clear and stark
事实无法伤到你只是象黑暗吓得你不知所措但总有一天,你会清楚看穿真相
■He will be witless and will revel in childish things like fighting and kicking a ball about.
他会幼稚，会为孩子气的游戏如打斗和踢球而欢呼。
■You already know the answer: if everyone else is sitting at their desks bored witless, pretending to work, the etiquette demands that you do so too.
你已经知道答案了：如果别人都坐在桌子边，无聊地发呆，假装在工作，常规要求你也这样做。
■Your appearance, the voice, every word and deeds let me be pleasant, scared witless.
你的容颜、口音、一言一行都让我赏心悦目，魂不守舍。
■KATHERINA. A witty mother! witless else her son.
凯瑟丽娜：准是你妈妈口里的；你不过是个愚蠢学舌的儿子。
■Watching an insipid and familiarly witless England side capitulate to Spain, those other European rank underachievers?
去看英国队向欧洲足球的落后生西班牙队缴械投降吗？
■Anyone who's watched Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on more than one occasion is likely to at some point have found themselves screaming, "It's answer 'D', you witless twerp!"
只要是看过几次“谁想成为百万富翁”这个节目的人就会发现在这当中会体验到刺激的感觉。“答案是D”在电视上你表现得真笨！
■4 Because it is only marginally better than being witless.
因为如果愚蠢是一百步，讽刺就是五十步。
■She started by joining a yoga class, though the thought of it scared her witless.
她开始参加瑜伽班，虽然曾经这个想法将她吓得失去智商。
■When the fool commits evil deeds, he does not realize (their evil nature). The witless man is tormented by his own deeds, like one burnt by fire.
愚人造恶时不知其恶，然而他却因自己的恶业而受苦，如同被火焚烧的人。
■What is the use of your matted hair, O witless man?
愚痴的人，你戴发结有何用？
■witless idea
愚蠢的主意
■To witless agony.
扭曲成愚妄的剧痛。
■Scare sb witless,ie out of his wits
把某人吓得发傻.
■Viewing things from one extreme perspective to another, anguish, jealous, witless were packed in between.
把视角极端的一从到另一个，痛苦那里，妒忌，无才智被在此之间包装。
■Hmmmn. It is feast or famine with you. We are either hurried beyond endurance or bored witless, it seems.
攸旭摩：嗯．．．跟你在一起不是大吃大喝，就是饥肠辘辘的两种极端。我们似乎要嘛就是赶路敢的半死，要嘛就是无聊发呆到变笨。
■witless adj.
无知的；
■witless soner network
无线传感器网络
■But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
空虚的人却毫无知识。人生在世好像野驴的驹子。
■I have no desire to remain in the company of the witless.
维康妮亚：我可没兴趣和白痴们结伴同行。
■5 A reprobate line are the children of sinners, and witless offspring are in the homes of the wicked.
罪人的子女，为人所憎恶，他们经常与不虔敬的人相处。
■Scared witless, Pian-pian is simply frozen in her dance pose like a statue, as she continues to stare stupidly at the two just-fallen guards with wide-open eyes.
翩翩被吓傻了，整个人像雕像般维持着舞蹈的动作，睁大眼睛怔怔地看着刚刚倒地的两名侍卫呆呆发愣。
■THE fragile government of Somalia is in deep trouble and, according to one of its officials, “scared witless”.
脆弱的索马里政府深陷困境，据一名索马里高官所称，“被吓得手足无措”。
■The evil a witless man does by himself, born of himself and produced by himself, grinds him as a diamond grinds a hard gem.
自己所造之恶，由自己所生，由自己造成，它摧毁了愚人，如同金刚粉碎了宝石。
■Riches ruin only the foolish, not those in quest of the Beyond. By craving for riches the witless man ruins himself as well as others.
财富毁灭了愚人，但毁不了寻求彼岸之人。愚人以对财富的贪欲毁灭了自己，如害他人般害了自己。
■Gandalf: Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crude words with a witless worm.
闭嘴。别在这儿挑拨是非。我通过烈焰和死亡的试炼，不是为了跟蠢材做口舌之争。