nonsense

英 [ˈnɒnsns]

美 [ˈnɑːnsens]

n.  谬论; 胡扯; 胡言乱语; 愚蠢的行为; 冒失; 不可接受的行为; 毫无意义的话; 没有意义的文章

复数：nonsenses　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4088 / COCA.5969

同义词辨析

nonsensebullshitrubbishtwaddle【导航词义：废话】

习惯用语

n.

make (a) nonsense of sth
• 使…的价值大打折扣；使…显得荒诞
  to reduce the value of sth by a lot; to make sth seem ridiculous
• If people can bribe police officers, it makes a complete nonsense of the legal system.
  如果人们可以收买警察，法律体系就会变得一文不值。
stuff and nonsense
• 废话；胡说八道
  used by some people to say that they think that sth is stupid or not true

牛津词典

noun

• 谬论；胡扯；胡言乱语
  ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are ridiculous or not true
  1. Reports that he has resigned are nonsense.
     有关他已经辞职的报道是无稽之谈。
  2. You're talking nonsense !
     你在胡说八道！
  3. ‘I won't go.’ ‘Nonsense! You must go!’
     “我不想去。”“胡扯！你一定得去！”
  4. It's nonsense to say they don't care.
     说他们不在意那是瞎扯。
  5. The idea is an economic nonsense.
     这种观点是经济学上的谬论。
• 愚蠢的行为；冒失；不可接受的行为
  silly or unacceptable behaviour
  1. The new teacher won't stand for any nonsense.
     这位新教师不会容忍任何无礼行为。
• 毫无意义的话；没有意义的文章
  spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense
  1. a book of children's nonsense poems
     一本儿童打油诗集
  2. Most of the translation he did for me was complete nonsense.
     他给我做的大多数译文完全不知所云。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 胡说;假话;愚蠢的话
  If you say that something spoken or written isnonsense, you mean that you consider it to be untrue or silly.
  1. Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense.
     但大多数传统的医生认为此说法完全是胡说八道。
  2. ...all that poetic nonsense about love...
     所有那些关于爱情的充满诗情画意的假话
  3. I'm putting on weight.'—'Nonsense my dear.'
     “我长胖了。”“胡说，亲爱的。”
• N-UNCOUNT 愚蠢的举动;冒失(或轻浮)的行为
  You can usenonsenseto refer to something that you think is foolish or that you disapprove of.
  1. Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources...
     耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。
  2. I think there is a limit to how much of this nonsense people are going to put up with.
     我想人们对这种胡闹总有一个承受极限。
• N-UNCOUNT 无意义的话;荒谬的话
  You can refer to spoken or written words that do not mean anything because they do not make sense asnonsense.
  1. ...a children's nonsense poem by Charles E Carryl.
     查尔斯·E.卡里尔写的一首儿童打油诗
• See also:no-nonsense
• PHRASE 使变得荒唐;使失去意义
  Tomake a nonsense ofsomething or tomake nonsense ofit means to make it seem ridiculous or pointless.
  1. The fighting made a nonsense of peace pledges made in London last week...
     这场战斗使上周在伦敦所作的和平承诺变成一纸空文。
  2. It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country.
     这使将我们自己的规定凌驾于该国收养法之上的做法显得十分荒谬。

英英释义

noun

• ornamental objects of no great value
  Synonym:folderalfalderolfrillgimcrackerygimcracktrumpery
• a message that seems to convey no meaning
  Synonym:bunknonsensicalitymeaninglessnesshokum

双语例句

• I think there is a limit to how much of this nonsense people are going to put up with.
  我想人们对这种胡闹总有一个承受极限。
• I'm not buying any of that nonsense.
  我才不信那些废话呢。
• This was patent nonsense.
  这明显是胡说八道。
• The fighting made a nonsense of peace pledges made in London last week
  这场战斗使上周在伦敦所作的和平承诺变成一纸空文。
• Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense.
  但大多数传统的医生认为此说法完全是胡说八道。
• I think it's absolute nonsense.
  我认为那十足是无稽之谈。
• This, of course, is utter nonsense.
  这当然是一派胡言。
• That's arrant nonsense.
  那完全是一派胡言。
• We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance new weapons whose costs always overrun hugely
  新武器研发的费用总是大大超支，却还要试图让纳税人出钱资助，我们应该制止这一荒谬至极的行为。
• For a while the artist completely lost his way. The famous humour gave way to sentimental nonsense
  有一阵子这位艺术家完全迷失了方向，其出了名的幽默风趣被伤感而煽情的不知所云取而代之。