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单词 foolhardy
释义
foolhardy
adjective
uk
/ˈfuːlˌhɑː.di/us
/ˈfuːlˌhɑːr.di/
bravein asillyway, takingunnecessaryrisks:
有勇无谋的，莽撞的
a foolhardydecision鲁莽的决定
Sailing the Atlantic in such atinyboatwasn't so muchbraveas foolhardy.乘这样一艘小船在大西洋上航行不是勇敢，而是莽撞。
Itwould be foolhardytotryandpredicttheoutcomeof thetalksat thisstage.在谈判的现阶段就预测结果显得既愚蠢又鲁莽。
Synonyms
rash
reckless
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Doing things without fear or proper thought
  • bravado
  • carpe diem
  • daredevil
  • desperado
  • devil-may-care
  • hotheadedness
  • impetuous
  • impetuously
  • impetuousness
  • impulsive
  • like there is/was no tomorrowidiom
  • precipitate
  • precipitately
  • rashness
  • reckless
  • recklessly
  • tomorrow
  • trigger-happy
  • unafraid
  • with no thought forsomethingidiom
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(Definition offoolhardyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

foolhardy| American Dictionary

foolhardy
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/ˈfulˌhɑrd·i/
takingunnecessaryorfoolishrisks:
He made a foolhardyattempttoclimbthetreetorecoverhiskite.
(Definition offoolhardyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoolhardy

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It would befoolhardyto suggest that affordable registration and titling will by itself restrain predatory state functionaries from encroaching on farmer rights.
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It would have beenfoolhardyto present the delegates as anything other than the worthy lawmakers they claimed to be.
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To credit all online activity with this impact isfoolhardy.
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Nowhere in these documents is thefoolhardyriverboat captain or locomotive engineer told directly why he should slow down.
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The opposite behaviour, ' improvising' a speech unrehearsed and without regard for the audience and the occasion, was equallyfoolhardyand condemned.
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Now we generally tolerate inappropriate behavior so long as no one within the institution isfoolhardyenough to blow a whistle.
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As the price of afoolhardyplan your unhappy rival feels your wrath; but, most deadly avenger, for what do you punish me?
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If a child lacks self-esteem only afoolhardytherapist would recommend organ donation as appropriate treatment.
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At our present stage of inquiry (perhaps at any stage), it isfoolhardyto imagine that we have arrived.
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In particular, it would befoolhardyhere to plunge into the treacherous currents surrounding "political liberalism" as a general theory or position.
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Ridgeologists, on the other hand, think that it is okay to be uncertain, a position which counters findfoolhardyand even dangerous.
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But it isfoolhardyto extrapolate from two points.
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But he did not simply speak a pre-composed speech word for word, for to do so was dangerous, evenfoolhardy.
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The (single-case non-statistical) tendency of the ice to break under thefoolhardyskater has a direction in this profane sense.
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Giving advice about medication or management regarding a patient with delirium, based on a single assessment without such collateral history, would befoolhardyin the extreme.
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