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.- 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
- a revue with elaborate costuming
双语例句
- 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。 - Peg used to be in the dog and pony follies.
杰姆过去一直是坏蛋和蠢货。 - 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。 - 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。 - We will not trouble ourselves here with the names and follies, the crimes and intrigues, of its tale of emperors.
这里我们不谈关于帝王们的名号、昏庸、罪恶和阴谋等等的故事。 - 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 cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offences against myself.
别人的愚蠢和过错我本应该赶快忘掉，却偏偏忘不掉；人家得罪了我，我也忘不掉。 - 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。 - With your good sense, you could be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others!
凭你这样一个聪明人，竟会忠厚到看不出别人的愚蠢和无聊！ - "You are too old for such follies," said Mother.
母亲说：“你这样大了，不应再做这种荒唐事”。