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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a reminder of the follies of war.
     提醒人们战争之愚蠢的东西
• (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

• 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。
• Volantis has known her share of follies, but she's never suffered a boy triarch.
  瓦兰提斯有着她一定比例的愚行，但是从未经历过男孩元老这种事。
• Be the bigger man and apologise for your follies.
  做有品行的人，为自己的愚蠢道歉吧。
• To get back one's youth, one has merely to repeat one's follies.
  想恢复青春，只要重犯旧过就行。
• The mouth of a fool boils forth follies. ( informal) having or revealing stupidity.
  蠢人嘴里说出来的尽是蠢话。（非正式）愚蠢或者显示出愚蠢。
• 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。
• 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 don't wish to add murder to my other follies,' he said.
  我不想在我的愚蠢上又添上谋杀的罪名，他说。
• 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。
• With your good sense, you could be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others!
  凭你这样一个聪明人，竟会忠厚到看不出别人的愚蠢和无聊！