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fol·ly
fa li
复数:follies
noun
lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight
his folly in thinking he could not be caught
criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct
obsolete evil, wickednessespecially: lewd behavior
a foolish act or idea
The prank was a youthful folly.
an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking
Paying so much for that land was folly, since it was all rocks and scrub trees.
an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste
13世纪初,“精神上的弱点; 愚蠢的行为或性格; 不明智的行为”(在中古英语中包括邪恶、淫荡、疯狂),来自古法语 folie “愚蠢、疯狂、愚蠢”,来自 fol(见 fool(n.))。从公元1300年左右开始,“愚蠢的例子”; 被认为在建筑者身上显示愚蠢的“昂贵结构”的意义可追溯至1650年代。但早在中古英语时期,就在地名中广泛使用,特别是乡村庄园,可能是古法语 folie 的一种形式,意思是“快乐”。相关: Follies。
Middle English folie, from Anglo-French, from fol fool
The first known use of folly was in the 13th century
fondadjective
having a liking or love
fond of music
loving, affectionate
a fond farewell
cherished with great affection
their fondest hopes
fomentverb
to stir up : rouse, instigate
foment rebellion
fomentationnoun
a warm or hot moist material applied to the body to ease pain
the act of fomenting : instigation
fomentverb
to stir up : rouse, instigate
foment rebellion
follynoun
lack of good sense or judgment
foolish behavior
a foolish act or idea
1 His rage, his folly, his madness, would be apparent to everyone.
2 If it were not so, the wickedness of the powerful or the folly of the wise would long ago have sought to change what cannot be changed, and Equilibrium would fail.
3 Anyway, he had this view of things—that most human activity was utter folly, his own included, and that his existence in the world made others nervous.
4 Because when I think about it, I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.
5 "Mummers use them in their follies, to give the heroes something to fight."
6 He has bitterly repented his folly.
他痛悔自己的愚行.
7 It would not have been so bad if the average individual were not torn between the enormity of the charge, if true, and its sensational folly, if false.
8 My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.
9 It had been so long, it seemed folly to cling to the hope that Ben Stark was still alive, but Jon Snow was nothing if not stubborn.
10 But the queen in her knew that would be folly.
11 “Do you mean that in the whole world there’s only evil and folly?”
12 Moreover, Siddhartha’s sympathy and curiosity lay only with people, whose work, troubles, pleasures and follies were more unknown and remote from him than the moon.
13 “What folly! to bathe at such an hour in such heat!” exclaimed Mr. Pontellier.
14 But that would be shocking folly, as he well knew.
15 “It is still not too late to abandon this folly,” Gerris said, as they made their way down a foetid alley toward the old spice market.
16 By then Sansa was calm again, and ashamed for her folly.
17 “Alas, it is over and done with! Love is nothing but folly,” she cried.
18 But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
然而我的愚蠢,并不是在恋爱方面,而是有虚荣心方面。
19 I guess it’s safe to admit now that at its genesis and at several points along the way this whole undertaking seemed potentially an act of folly.
20 I will show them the folly of their ways!
1 愚笨
featherwitted desipient mullet-headed beef-witted staumrel rum-dum stupid dense clueless headless moronic simple-minded ditzy dozy empty-headed dull-witted dimwitted softheaded thick-headed tomfool fatheaded wooden-headed addlebrained woodenheaded jobbernowl underwitted sheepishly dully dumbness crassness betise nincompoopery thick dim obtuse dim-witted doltish a thick head simple soft dumb pointless opaque barren dizzy daft unwise balmy brainless asinine sheepish witless puerile fatuous daffy poky half-witted Boeotian blockish lunacy slow of wit light in the head dilly damfool slow mindless imbecile feeble-minded thick-skulled dead from the neck up dull bovine unintelligent brain-dead ham-fisted dopey lobotomize fat-brained hebetate fat-witted mental wet pudding clumsy feather-brained bullet-headed thickness stupidity ineptitude imbecility niaiserie pudding headed lurdan lunchie lunch bullish beggarly purblind bullheaded feebleminded stockish fozy flatheaded dumpish hammerheaded innocence
2 罪恶
guilty wicked wrong crime evil sin gutter iniquity ill villainy vicious unrighteous vice criminality guiltiness malefaction
3 愚蠢
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded stockishly stupidly foolishly unwisely senselessly idiotically fatuously inanely sillily gawkily babyism stockishness meshugaas moronity stupidity absurdity silliness ineptitude dumbo inanity imbecility dumbness unwisdom fatuity dulness jackassery moronism boobery wild dense insane ludicrous senseless daft preposterous asinine barmy puerile dozy empty-headed hare-brained apish feather-brained crack-brained vacuity puerility out of senses not know arse from elbow lunacy crazy dim potty obtuse kooky loopy vapid duff daffy boneheaded dumb-ass half-witted fat-headed dimly mindlessly moronically thickness foolishness idiocy dimness senselessness denseness obtuseness stupidness clueless damfool gaga dull opaque brute vacuous simple-minded ditzy soppy insensate muddle-headed spoony blockish density half-arsed soft ridiculous clownish off your trolley anserous joebernowl bat-blind bat-eyed mini-minded idiotical shallow-brained shallow-headed shallow-pated empty vain bullish nutty idiotic flighty unintelligent batty lumpen dull-witted cock-eyed slaphappy chuckleheaded unadvised spooney coocoo glaikit fondly asininity piss-ass doiled wet dope inert cranky loon zany nitty loony vagabond drippy Dotty harebrained cockeyed foppish Boeotian goosey simpleminded softheaded goaty muddleheaded hairbrained unwitty reasonless clotty clottish madly narreshkeit cock ridicule fondness gammon doofus div daffiness desipience stumer a hole in the head
4 愚蠢之事
5 用复数
dingbat work other good thing service part game down school line second list lead hour step store future content art due term oil picture wait dog fund sport supply letter round attention load ball stick bag custom glass lesson quarter god chain wave relation yard manner bowl bone circumstance rain yellow depth tap affair dozen consequence shade shake bean chamber mystery tail suck desert acre nerve sail hop premise horror rope stake gut sweat colour mesh Jack bearing cheer compliment elder scrap stripe vibration acoustic ethnic fry making preliminary marble creep firework honour dart flick swarm goggle cloak sounding domino precinct checker fixing thematic shiver Trot meander shudder eyeglass lancer frill draught heuristic skittle gob polemic sullen nicety rounder gape dungaree histrionic unmentionable macrobiotic weeper hysteric tenpin bedcover unpleasantry furbelow vesper pantaloon megrim fiddlestick ninepin escallop agogic knuckle-bone
6 蠢举
8 愚蠢的行为
9 放荡
fast loose sporting abandoned corinthian rake riotous ramshackle profligate licentious libertine dissolute rakish dissipative raffish rackety offcast riot bum dissolution drunken dissipation orgy debauchery fastness profligacy debauch libertinism orgie sluttery dissipate dolce vita cadgy half-shot Nice wild liberal messy slippery easygoing wanton lecherous debauched dissipated sluttish rakehell leching fling incontinence
10 蠢事
11 荒唐事
12 蠢行