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
- 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。 - You'll pay later for your follies.
你以后要为你的愚蠢行动付出代价的。 - 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。 - Most of all, it warns me to keep myself free from common follies.
最重要的是，它时刻警醒我摆脱普遍的愚蠢。 - 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。 - Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
记得年轻时所做蠢事的人是幸福的。 - Be the bigger man and apologise for your follies.
做有品行的人，为自己的愚蠢道歉吧。 - The writings of Swift mocked the follies of his age.
斯威夫特的作品嘲弄了他那个时代的愚人。 - 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。 - My reconcilement to the kind in general might not be so difficult, if they would be content with those vices and follies only which nature has entitled them to.
如果“野猢”这个种族满足于大自然赋予他们的那些罪恶与愚蠢，我同它们的和解就不会太困难。