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单词 folly
释义
folly
noun
uk
/ˈfɒl.i/us
/ˈfɑː.li/

follynoun(STUPIDITY)

[CorU]formal
thefactof beingstupid, or astupidaction,idea, etc.:
愚蠢；愚蠢的行为（或念头等）
She said that theideawas folly.她说这是个愚蠢的主意。
[+ to infinitive]Itwould be follyforthecountrytobecomeinvolvedin thewar.那个国家要是参战的话实属愚蠢之举。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly behaviour
  • antics
  • buffoonery
  • dottiness
  • dumbness
  • fatuousness
  • frivolousness
  • fruit loopery
  • game
  • idiocy
  • imprudence
  • ludicrousness
  • madness
  • mindlessness
  • oafishness
  • obtuseness
  • puerility
  • screwball
  • the games (that) people playidiom
  • tomfoolery
  • vacuousness
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follynoun(BUILDING)

[C]UK
abuildingin theformof asmallcastle,temple, etc., that has beenbuiltas adecorationin alargegardenorpark:
装饰性建筑（尤指见于英国花园或公园内的小型城堡、殿堂等）
aGothicgardenfolly一个歌特式的花园建筑
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Garden buildings & structures
  • belvedere
  • bird table
  • birdbath
  • cloche
  • cold frame
  • glasshouse
  • greenhouse
  • grow house
  • hoophouse
  • hothouse
  • outbuilding
  • polytunnel
  • potting shed
  • shed
  • sitootery
  • sleepout
  • water feature
  • wigwam
  • woodpile
  • woodshed
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(Definition offollyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

folly| American Dictionary

folly
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈfɑl·i/
theconditionof beingfoolish, or afoolishactionorbelief:
[+ to infinitive]It would be folly toattemptatripin thissnowstorm.
(Definition offollyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I could rehearse these follies until the hour of midnight, if that were permitted.
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They commit many stupidities and follies and many errors in psychology.
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We can be too often taken too seriously in describing our follies.
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The old follies have been cured, but all human beings possessing money have not been made sensible and benevolent.
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What we are discussing today is the third and final instalment of that three-year correction of the follies of our predecessors.
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We are paying for the mistakes of past follies.
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We share his rejection of the follies of protectionism, most of all for a country that depends as heavily as we do on international policies.
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The whole of our export trade push may be ruined by follies done in connection with other parts of the war effort.
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I am certain that they will never make any concessions to us until we have got rid of these follies.
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We are not there, under responsible government, to prevent mistakes or even follies.
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Perhaps now we will learn to control ourselves and escape the results of our own follies.
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They arose from those follies and from nothing else.
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Their mistakes and follies are always somebody else's fault.
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I have no objection, if their reminder of our past follies prevents us from making a similar mistake again.
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Many follies and a certain number of crimes have been committed in its name.
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