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

• Be the bigger man and apologise for your follies.
  做有品行的人，为自己的愚蠢道歉吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• They are imbrued with the follies of youth. His head is full of silly notions.
  他们满脑子都是年轻人的傻念头。他满脑子的怪想法。
• She's 87 years old, and a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies
  她现年87岁，曾经是齐格菲尔时事讽刺剧团的成员之一。
• 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。
• The follies of Finance and failures of regulation bear the blame.
  金融蠢行和监管失败难辞其咎。