英语词汇“to make a fool of oneself”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) to make a fool of oneself: to make oneself appear foolish, esp. to behave in a way which suggests incompetence or a lack of judgement or self-control.

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1590 H. Smith Benefit of Contentation sig. AA Thus the couetous man makes a foole of himselfe.

1654 Mercurius Politicus No. 215 3639 The contriver of that wonderfull ship, having made a foole of himself and the Country, is now no more to be heard of.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. ii. 11 My father had been resolved to make a fool of himself by holding the wig stiff in his left hand.

1865 Harper's Mag. Oct. 674/2 If the Supreme Court was a mind to make a fool of itself, that was no reason that his court should.

1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh xi. 315 ‘I do wish that this time you would endeavour..not to make a fool of yourself.’.. ‘I'll have a jolly good stab at it, governor.’

2004 County Wedding Mag. 54/2 They weren't going to miss out because of my irrational fear of making a fool of myself in public.

单词	to make a fool of oneself
释义	> as lemmas to make a fool of oneself (b) to make a fool of oneself: to make oneself appear foolish, esp. to behave in a way which suggests incompetence or a lack of judgement or self-control. ΚΠ 1590 H. Smith Benefit of Contentation sig. AA Thus the couetous man makes a foole of himselfe. 1654 Mercurius Politicus No. 215 3639 The contriver of that wonderfull ship, having made a foole of himself and the Country, is now no more to be heard of. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. ii. 11 My father had been resolved to make a fool of himself by holding the wig stiff in his left hand. 1865 Harper's Mag. Oct. 674/2 If the Supreme Court was a mind to make a fool of itself, that was no reason that his court should. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh xi. 315 ‘I do wish that this time you would endeavour..not to make a fool of yourself.’.. ‘I'll have a jolly good stab at it, governor.’ 2004 County Wedding Mag. 54/2 They weren't going to miss out because of my irrational fear of making a fool of myself in public. extracted from fooln.¹adj. < as lemmas
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