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
- We will not trouble ourselves here with the names and follies, the crimes and intrigues, of its tale of emperors.
这里我们不谈关于帝王们的名号、昏庸、罪恶和阴谋等等的故事。 - They had not only all the follies and infirmities of other old men, but many more which arose from the dreadful prospect of never dying.
他们不仅具有了与其他老年人一模一样的所有毛病，而且因为那可怕的永生不死的未来，他们还会出现更多的毛病。 - 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。 - 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。 - I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others.
我发现我很难原谅别人的愚蠢和恶习。 - I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offences against myself.
别人的愚蠢和过错我本应该赶快忘掉，却偏偏忘不掉；人家得罪了我，我也忘不掉。 - Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。 - Some Italians are amused by the Berlusconi follies, others are appalled.
贝卢斯科尼的愚蠢举动逗乐了一些意大利人，也让另一些意大利人震惊不已。 - Love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that they themselves commit.
爱情是盲目的，恋人看不见自己做的傻事。 - They believe they are entitled to lecture debtors on their follies.
它们认为自己有权对债务国的愚蠢行为加以训诫。