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单词 foolishly
释义
foolishly
adverb
uk
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ.li/us
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ.li/
B2
in a way that isunwise,stupid, or does not show goodjudgment:
愚蠢地，傻地
Foolishly, I didn't write thephonenumberdown.愚蠢的是，我没有记下电话号码。
I foolishlybelievedthem.我愚蠢地相信了他们。
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foolish
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  • Shethinksthey are foolishlywastingtheirmoney.
  • How could we have been so foolishlyoptimistic?
  • Foolishly, Istartedsmokingagain lastyear.
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
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  • unreasonably
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(Definition offoolishlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoolishly

foolishly
Examples are : never consulting a physician, ignoring medical advice, or not following dietary regulations, buying unnecessary gadgets, spendingfoolishlyafter persuasion.
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The urban consciousness and unconsciousness arefoolishlyisolated and held in tension.
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Fleetwood may have beenfoolishlyambitious and financially imprudent in the late seventeenth century, but the improvers of the late eighteenth century were operating under very different economic conditions.
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For, a necessarily good person will necessarily never exercise the power to act wrongly, a necessarily wise person will necessarily never exercise the power to actfoolishly, and so on.
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People actfoolishlyat moments like this.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In my own industry, where the men arefoolishlyfond of work, they work so hard that they endanger their health—when they can get work.
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It has been created by unrealistic magistrates and the judiciary who havefoolishlypursued liberal sentencing policies as crime has expanded apace.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The first is the issue of public expenditurefoolishlyforgone, which is dealt with in several reports.
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Motorists who do not observe speed limits through coned-off sections of road are actingfoolishlyand dangerously, as well as illegally.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not believe there is a single motorist who would not admit to himself that he has occasionally drivenfoolishlyor dangerously.
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You may act wisely orfoolishly, but at any rate you shall have that liberty.
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Like children let loose in a sweetie shop, they thenfoolishlywent on a spending spree that got them into the most horrendous difficulties.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
As is now startlingly clear, it was manifestly wrong in its assumptions about the economy andfoolishlycomplacent about the policies it promoted.
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Foolishly, and to our immense cost we have gone on pretending that it is reality.
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I think we should be acting veryfoolishlyif we did not remember that we had given that promise.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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