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单词 foolishness
释义
foolishness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ.nəs/us
/ˈfuː.lɪʃ.nəs/
thequalityof beingunwise,stupid, or notshowinggoodjudgment:
the foolishness ofyouth
She has alreadyapologisedfor her foolishness.
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foolish
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  • She is toooldfor such foolishness.
  • Helaughedat his own foolishness.
  • It istimewestoppedthis foolishness.
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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(Definition offoolishnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoolishness

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Lightning would continue to illuminate, at least in political rhetoric, thefoolishnessof the people and the experts alike.
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The irrigation systems died from our ownfoolishnessand our negligence.
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Thefoolishnessis glaring in the case of finitely iterated prisoners' dilemmas or centipede games.
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One official reported that 'to the masses of the people, sanitation isfoolishness'.
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Thefoolishnessand wisdom of age : attitudes toward the elderly as reflected in jokes.
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We have all heard of unfortunate people who have lost what they call their "life savings" byfoolishnessor indeed by greed.
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They cannot be dismantled; they will be buried in concrete—monuments to thefoolishnessof man for future generations.
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I thought that he had espousedfoolishnessbecause he had been told to do so.
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Suchfoolishness, widespread in many areas, would be deterred if people had to contribute to a sensible scheme.
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A journalist has got to tell the truth about wickedness andfoolishnesswithout fear or favour.
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They, however, are not to be blamed entirely, or even chiefly, for all the sorry wickedness andfoolishness.
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After all, there is the old maxim,caveat emptor—it is impossible to protect everybody from his ownfoolishness.
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Only the ideologicalfoolishnessof ultraliberalism and of misguided free trade remained intact.
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By doing so, he has opened himself to charges of hypocrisy andfoolishness.
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This paper never fails to take an opportunity of pointing out thefoolishnessof certain sections of industry which are hampering increased production.
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