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　

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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
  1. an act of sheer folly
     纯粹愚蠢的行动
  2. 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。
  3. It would be folly to turn the offer down.
     拒绝这个建议是愚蠢之举。
  4. the follies of youth
     青年时期的愚蠢行为
• （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.
  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

• foolish or senseless behavior
  Synonym:foolerytomfoolerycrazinesslunacyindulgence
• a stupid mistake
  Synonym:stupiditybetisefoolishnessimbecility
• the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
  Synonym:foolishnessunwiseness
• the quality of being rash and foolish
  1. trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
  2. adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
  Synonym:foolishnesscrazinessmadness

双语例句

• It took me this long, through some bitter losses, to recognize the folly of that reasoning.
  我花了这么长时间，经过痛苦的损失，才认清这个推论是如此愚蠢。
• To know it's no use, but keep on doing it--there can be no greater folly than this.
  知其不可而为之，愚不可及也。
• Of what avail is it to save him from his folly?
  你要阻止他干蠢事，又有什么用？
• I will not be too impatient at your selfishness and folly.
  我不会容忍你的自私和愚昧。
• 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。
• 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。
• But he had to laugh at his folly when he saw what his fear was doing to him.
  但当他明白正是他的恐惧感使他如此裹足不前、坐以待毙的时候，他嘲笑起自己的愚笨。
• She reasoned with me for an hour about the folly of my plans.
  她同我争辩了一个小时，想使我明白我的计划有多荒唐。
• I'm sorry to make such a folly mistake.
  很抱歉，我竟然犯了这样一个愚蠢的错误。
• 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。