| 词汇 | obtuseness |
| 释义 | obtuseness noun[ U ] formaluk /əbˈtʃuːs.nəs/ us /ɑːbˈtuːs.nəs/ the quality of being stupid and slow to understand, or unwilling to try to understand: 迟钝 He shook his head at his own obtuseness.他对自己的迟钝也很无奈。 Amy's obtuseness is difficult to understand.艾美的迟钝让人难以理解。 See obtuse When I look back, I wonder at my stubborn obtuseness. She was complaining about the obtuseness of dance reviewers. He has many faults, particularly his obtuseness regarding women and race. Stupid and silly behaviour antics buffoonery dottiness dumbness fatuousness foolishness frivolousness fruit loopery game idiocy lark ludicrousness madness mindlessness oafishness puerility screwball the games (that) people playidiom tomfoolery vacuousness Examples of obtusenessobtuseness The problem with this view is not so much moral obtuseness or factual inaccuracy as mythology about how things work. He has shown considerable ingenuity, or considerable obtuseness, in misrepresenting the views of those from whom he differs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has done so with invariable politeness and courtesy, but also with a certain amount of obtuseness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, let us assume that those improvements have taken place and that it is only our obtuseness or political prejudice which fail to recognise them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never known such obtuseness as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was all a little obtuseness by big business always slow to revise its rules. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure it is my own obtuseness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That shows a really startling, in his case, obtuseness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was no doubt due to my obtuseness and not to any lack of clarity on his part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He showed a remarkable degree of obtuseness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, having shown his perspicacity in putting his finger on the right point, with obtuseness unusual in him he got the wrong end of the stick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What this has to do with taxing the earnings of a workman or anybody else entirely escapes me, although that may be due to my own obtuseness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A terrible liar, because his obtuseness invariably leads to him giving himself away. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Martyrdom, rather than being a moral high ground or position of strength, is indicative of an "obtuseness" to the question of truth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All of this, in its mixture of acuteness and obtuseness, fallacies and foresights, is quite normal for a historian. 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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