| 词汇 | foolishness |
| 释义 | foolishness noun[ U ] uk /ˈfuː.lɪʃ.nəs/ us /ˈfuː.lɪʃ.nəs/ the quality of being unwise, stupid, or not showing good judgment: 笨|蠢 the foolishness of youth青年人的蠢钝。 She has already apologised for her foolishness.她已经为她的愚蠢道过歉了。 See foolish She is too old for such foolishness. He laughed at his own foolishness. It is time we stopped this foolishness. Stupid and silly behaviour antics buffoonery dottiness dumbness fatuousness frivolousness fruit loopery game idiocy imprudence ludicrousness madness mindlessness oafishness obtuseness puerility screwball the games (that) people playidiom tomfoolery vacuousness Examples of foolishnessfoolishness Lightning would continue to illuminate, at least in political rhetoric, the foolishness of the people and the experts alike. The irrigation systems died from our own foolishness and our negligence. The foolishness is glaring in the case of finitely iterated prisoners' dilemmas or centipede games. One official reported that 'to the masses of the people, sanitation is foolishness'. The foolishness and wisdom of age : attitudes toward the elderly as reflected in jokes. We have all heard of unfortunate people who have lost what they call their "life savings" by foolishness or indeed by greed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot be dismantled; they will be buried in concrete—monuments to the foolishness of man for future generations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that he had espoused foolishness because he had been told to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such foolishness, widespread in many areas, would be deterred if people had to contribute to a sensible scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A journalist has got to tell the truth about wickedness and foolishness without fear or favour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They, however, are not to be blamed entirely, or even chiefly, for all the sorry wickedness and foolishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, there is the old maxim, caveat emptor—it is impossible to protect everybody from his own foolishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only the ideological foolishness of ultraliberalism and of misguided free trade remained intact. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English By doing so, he has opened himself to charges of hypocrisy and foolishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This paper never fails to take an opportunity of pointing out the foolishness of certain sections of industry which are hampering increased production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of foolishness These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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