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单词 half-witted
释义

half-witted

/ˌhɑːfˈwɪtɪd /
adjective informal
Foolish or stupid: a half-witted proposal...
  • Smoking rates in Canada are continuing to drop, in spite of half-witted blunders by our government.
  • He arranged for his halfwitted brother-in-law to do the deed.
  • Already, in many manufacturing towns, it is difficult to get even a half-witted domestic servant.

Derivatives

half-wittedly

/ˌhɑːfˈwɪtɪdli/ adverb ...
  • Watching me struggle half-wittedly with the coveralls, Fouché began impatiently to help me into them.
  • She plays into the media's hands half-wittedly, digging herself into a deeper and deeper hole of despair.
  • These things, in case you don't know, mince around half-wittedly shouting in horrible cutesy helium-blasted voices, presumably to provide a little comic relief for the more easy-to-please viewer.

half-wittedness

/ˌhɑːfˈwɪtɪdnəs/ noun ...
  • Miller persuades the viewer that young Richard's half-wittedness truly is ‘a gift from God.’
  • As for their doing Aida - fair dinkum, they beat me - which lower depth of half-wittedness can they possibly touch?
  • Sure, adults can be dumb, but beyond a certain point, it's just too painful to watch so much half-wittedness unfold on screen.

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