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单词 nonsense
释义
nonsense
noun
uk
/ˈnɒn.səns/us
/ˈnɑːn.sens/
B2[SorU]
anidea, something said or written, orbehaviourthat issillyorstupid:
愚蠢的想法；谬论；胡扯；胡闹
Thisreportis nonsense and nothing but awasteofpaper.这份报告一派胡言，纯粹是浪费纸张。
Theaccusationsare(absolute/complete/utter)nonsense.这些指控纯属子虚乌有。
Nonsense/Don'ttalknonsense! She'sfartooilltoreturntowork!一派胡言／别胡说！她病得太重了，根本没法回去上班！
You mustn'tupsetyoursisterwith any more nonsense aboutghosts.不准你再讲那些鬼啊怪啊的胡言乱语来吓唬你妹妹。
[+ to infinitive]It's (a) nonsensetosay that he's toooldfor thejob.说他年纪太大，不能从事这份工作，那是一派胡言。
[U]
languagethat cannot beunderstoodbecause it does notmeananything:
无意义的语言
Thetranslationof theinstructionswas sopoorthey were just nonsense.这些使用说明翻译得很差，简直是不知所云。
More examples
  • It's hard tobelieveanyone wouldtrytopassthis nonsense off asliterature.
  • Thepaperswerefullof the mostblatantpropagandistnonsense.
  • Her grandfather's in his secondchildhoodandtalksnonsense most of thetime.
  • Thesuggestionissheernonsense.
  • "Stop thischildishnonsense atonce!" heshoutedfuriously.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Nonsense
  • a crock (of shit)idiom
  • babble
  • balderdash
  • balls
  • baloney
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blather
  • blither
  • double-talk
  • doublespeak
  • drivel
  • eyewash
  • flapdoodle
  • malarkey
  • moonshine
  • mumbo jumbo
  • nonsensical
  • piffle
  • rhubarb
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Idioms

make (a) nonsense ofsomething
not stand any nonsense
(Definition ofnonsensefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

nonsense| American Dictionary

nonsense
noun[U]
us
/ˈnɑnˌsens,-səns/
foolishwords oractions:
Thoseaccusationsarepure/sheernonsense.
What’s all this nonsense aboutquittingschool?
Nonsense is alsolanguagethat cannot beunderstoodor that has nomeaning.

nonsensical

adjective[not gradable]us
/nɑnˈsen·sɪ·kəl/
(Definition ofnonsensefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnonsense

nonsense
There are a lot of nonsenses in the way in which it operates.
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First it will rationalise existing legislation, which has been acknowledged to be outdated, inconsistent and full of nonsenses.
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The depression of the 1930s was largely responsible for all the nonsenses of industrial relations today.
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Obviously there have been nonsenses within the policy, but its objectives are as important now as they were when it was first drawn up.
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Further nonsenses develop from penalising efficient authorities for their efficiency.
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There are many other nonsenses which are inescapable.
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We hear from him such nonsenses that they cannot but fail to reduce the level of confidence in industry.
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In fact there were many nonsenses in that document.
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Such emotive words and exaggerated phrases are total nonsenses.
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I am merely trying to illustrate the nonsenses which can arise when a provision is ill digested.
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The exemption is based on a series of nonsenses.
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I readily accept there have been some awful scandals and real nonsenses, but they are the sort of headline grabbing stuff.
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At a stroke we stopped one of the most farcical post-war parliamentary nonsenses.
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The present system of film censorship is full of anomalies and nonsenses.
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There are really some nonsenses in this respect.
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Collocationswithnonsense

nonsense

These are words often used in combination withnonsense.

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absolute nonsense
This is anabsolutenonsense, and the labelling is designed to fool the consumers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
a lot of nonsense
The time factor is alotofnonsense.
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complete nonsense
Nevertheless, speaking with a heavy accent is preferable to talkingcompletenonsense, and what really matters is that the language is meaningful in terms of influencing behaviour.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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