| 单词 | folly |
| 释义 | folly (once / 193 pages) n Folly is a noun that means "foolish or crazy behavior." It would be folly to spend all night playing video games when you have a difficult exam the next day. Folly comes from the Old French word folie meaning "madness, stupidity." It can describe the silly or nonsensical things you do, like the folly of trying to rush across town in the middle of a snowstorm. Or it can describe the trait that makes people act that way: the folly of an inexperienced driver who doesn't know you can't speed on snow-covered roads. Can you see the word fool in folly? Not a coincidence. WORD FAMILYfolly: follies USAGE EXAMPLESThe film glimpses European fractures and follies through a personal story that remains as schematic and impersonal as a position paper. The New Yorker(Dec 21, 2016) Tversky seemed to study human folly through a telescope, as if he were peering at a far-off land. Slate(Dec 21, 2016) The weight of folly either side was not equal. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) 1n the trait of acting stupidly or rashly Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper foolishness, unwiseness wisdom, wiseness the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight indiscretion, injudiciousness the trait of being injudicious absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, sillinessa ludicrous folly asininitythe quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 2n the quality of being rash and foolish trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly Syn|Hyper craziness, foolishness, madness stupidity a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience 3n foolish or senseless behavior Syn|Hypo|Hyper craziness, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prankacting like a clown or buffoon schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning caper, frolic, gambol, play, romp gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement 4n a stupid mistake Syn|Hyper betise, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity error, fault, mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
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