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单词 foolish
释义
foolish
adjective
uk
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ/us
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
B2
unwise,stupid, or notshowinggoodjudgment:
愚蠢的，傻的
That was aratherfoolish thing to do.做那样的事可真是蠢。
She wasafraidthat she wouldlookfoolish if sherefused.她怕如果拒绝会使自己看起来像个傻瓜。
It was foolish ofthemtopayso much.他们花了这么多钱，真傻。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
stupid
  • stupidSome people are too stupid to realize what's bad for them.
  • foolishShe was really foolish to quit her job like that.
  • sillyIt was silly of you to go out in the sun without a hat.
  • crazyYou'd be absolutely crazy to marry that man.
  • dumbUSShe was terrified of asking dumb questions.
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More examples
  • Ifeltvery foolishstandingthere with only oneshoeon.
  • You were very foolish to go out in aboatinweatherlike this.
  • It would be foolish to give upyourjobwhen you haven't got any othersourceofincome.
  • I was foolish tobuysuch anexpensivepieceofequipmentwithoutcheckingthat we reallyneededit.
  • He made a foolishbetwith hisbrotherand now he has topayup.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly
  • absurd
  • absurdity
  • absurdly
  • adolescent
  • againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
  • dizzily
  • dopey
  • dorky
  • dottiness
  • dotty
  • impolitic
  • imprudent
  • inhis/her/theirwisdomidiom
  • insomeone'sinfinite wisdomidiom
  • inadvisable
  • uncritically
  • unintelligent
  • unreasonable
  • unreasonably
  • unwise
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Related words

foolishly
foolishness
(Definition offoolishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

foolish| American Dictionary

foolish
adjective
us
/ˈfu·lɪʃ/
stupidorunwise:
She wasafraidthat she wouldlookfoolish if sherefusedto go along with herfriends.
It would be foolish of us toassumethat everything willworkoutfine.

foolishly

adverbus
/ˈfu·lɪʃ·li/
I would just like toknowthat mytaxesare not being foolishlyspent.

foolishness

noun[U]us
/ˈfu·lɪʃ·nəs/
Myfatherwas not one totoleratefoolishness.
(Definition offoolishfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoolish

foolish
These artisans would be more prone to think upfoolishschemes created by an imagination uncontrolled by reason and experience.
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Just open your eyes, you rash andfoolishmen, and look at these women, see what they really are.
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The education of citizens continues to be a messy business - a messiness that liberal theory would befoolishto ignore.
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What isfoolishabout non-cooperators is not their preferences, which are perfectly understandable, but their principle of rational choice.
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I say 'foolish', because such a choice goes against any form of sensible judgement.
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Given the wide-ranging canvases of these two volumes, it would befoolishto imagine, or probably to expect, that towns might occupy some privileged position.
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But it is hardlyfoolishto not prefer the act of cooperating in itself, apart from its consequences.
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It would, of course, befoolishto imagine that the social structure of the party can be deduced simply from the background of its leaders.
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Let us come back to the example of thefoolishphilanderer.
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Although this is quite funny, it is no joke that only the opera's mostfoolishresident uses such regular rhythm and phrase structure.
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However, it would be equallyfoolishto ignore the weaknesses of this book.
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The last few steps-improving hospitals and minimal medical care-are so basic that it seems almostfoolishto reiterate them here.
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The saying simple things and those farlatter is afoolishreason.
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Obviously, if there were no best action it would befoolishto demand that we do the best action.
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I wasfoolishnot to have done it before.
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