词汇 | harebrained |
释义 | harebrained adjective informal(alsohair-brained)uk /ˈheə.breɪnd/ us /ˈher.breɪnd/ (of plans or people) silly or not practical: (计划或人)不切实际的;愚蠢的 harebrained schemeThat sounds like another of his harebrained schemes!听上去他似乎又有了一个愚蠢的计划! Synonyms insane loopyinformal mad(SILLY)UKinformal Note:The spelling harebrained is most common. The spelling hair-brained is also frequently used, but some people consider it to be incorrect. Stupid and silly absurd absurdity absurdly adolescent against your better judgmentidiom dopey dopily dorky dottiness dotty in his/her/their wisdomidiom in someone's infinite wisdomidiom inadvisable injudicious injudiciously uncritical uncritically undiscriminating unintelligent unperceptive harebrained | American Dictionaryharebrained adjective us/ˈheərˌbreɪnd/ (of plans or people) foolish; not practical: a harebrained scheme Examples of harebrainedharebrained There are more formidable objections to this harebrained scheme in addition to the lack of continuity and expert advice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me say a little about the workability of what could be objectively described as a harebrained scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The scheme was to run a road through the centre of the town and to build a bridge across the main street—a most harebrained scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt a substantial part of that is accounted for by the nationalisation of steel and one or two other harebrained schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what evil genius thinks up these harebrained schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Frye, who works as a lawyer, is often dishonest and frequently gets into trouble with his many harebrained schemes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He ultimately came to the conclusion that no amount of ripening time was going to help this gimmicky and ultimately harebrained movie. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They come up with various schemes, each more harebrained than the laststealing library books, breaking and entering, dognappingall with a spectacular lack of success. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A diplomat later called the hunt a hare-brained scheme. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He often plays along with their hare-brained schemes, even encouraging them, often just to see them fail. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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