follies

英 [ˈfɒliz]

美 [ˈfɑliz]

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
folly的复数

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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a reminder of the follies of war.
     提醒人们战争之愚蠢的东西
• (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

• a revue with elaborate costuming

双语例句

• Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
  愚蠢和无聊，荒唐和矛盾，这的确叫我觉得好笑，我自己也承认，我只要能够加以讥笑，总是加以讥笑。
• Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
  ◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
• You'll pay later for your follies.
  你以后要为你的愚蠢行动付出代价的。
• Protection, subsidies and other such follies distort agriculture more than any other sector.
  保护、补贴及其它此类荒唐做法对农业的扭曲大于其它行业。
• Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
  记得年轻时所做蠢事的人是幸福的。
• She's 87 years old, and a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies
  她现年87岁，曾经是齐格菲尔时事讽刺剧团的成员之一。
• Youth with its fumbling and follies, its eagerness and questioning, is the eternal hope of mankind.
  青春充满着幼稚而愚笨的探索，充满着渴望和质疑，它是人类社会不竭的希望。
• I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others.
  我发现我很难原谅别人的愚蠢和恶习。
• Some Italians are amused by the Berlusconi follies, others are appalled.
  贝卢斯科尼的愚蠢举动逗乐了一些意大利人，也让另一些意大利人震惊不已。
• Volantis has known her share of follies, but she's never suffered a boy triarch.
  瓦兰提斯有着她一定比例的愚行，但是从未经历过男孩元老这种事。