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
- Peg used to be in the dog and pony follies.
杰姆过去一直是坏蛋和蠢货。 - The mouth of a fool boils forth follies. ( informal) having or revealing stupidity.
蠢人嘴里说出来的尽是蠢话。（非正式）愚蠢或者显示出愚蠢。 - Ziegfeld's great triumph, the Follies, came soon after.
齐格飞的大胜利，他很快就接著推出歌舞团表演。 - 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。 - 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。 - You'll pay later for your follies.
你以后要为你的愚蠢行动付出代价的。 - They are imbrued with the follies of youth. His head is full of silly notions.
他们满脑子都是年轻人的傻念头。他满脑子的怪想法。 - I loath sentimental rubbish. The old man smiled sadly when he remembered the follies of his youth.
我讨厌令人伤感的荒唐事。这老人想起年轻时的荒唐事，不禁苦笑。 - Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。 - 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。