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 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。
• "You are too old for such follies," said Mother.
  母亲说：“你这样大了，不应再做这种荒唐事”。
• Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
  愚蠢和无聊，荒唐和矛盾，这的确叫我觉得好笑，我自己也承认，我只要能够加以讥笑，总是加以讥笑。
• All her follies have, we believe, been told.
  我们相信，她干的蠢事已经全部说了。
• Ziegfeld's great triumph, the Follies, came soon after.
  齐格飞的大胜利，他很快就接著推出歌舞团表演。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。