follynoun
愚蠢；愚笨；愚蠢的想法（或事情、行为）
a lack of good judgement; the fact of doing sth stupid; an activity or idea that shows a lack of judgement
an act of sheer folly
纯粹愚蠢的行动
Giving up a secure job seems to be the height of folly.
放弃一份安定的工作似乎愚蠢至极。
It would be folly to turn the offer down.
拒绝这个建议是愚蠢之举。
the follies of youth
青年时期的愚蠢行为
（常见于旧时乡间豪宅花园中的）装饰性建筑
a building that has no practical purpose but was built in the past for decoration, often in the garden of a large country house
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N-VAR 愚蠢;荒唐
If you say that a particular action or way of behaving is folly or a folly, you mean that it is foolish.It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
在每年会发生几十次地震的国家建造核电站简直就是愚蠢至极。
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N-COUNT (尤指旧时英国花园等中的)装饰性建筑
A folly is a small tower or other unusual building that is built as a decoration in a large garden or park, especially in Britain in former times.
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- foolish or senseless behavior
- Synonym: foolery tomfoolery craziness lunacy indulgence
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- a stupid mistake
- Synonym: stupidity betise foolishness imbecility
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- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- Synonym: foolishness unwiseness
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- the quality of being rash and foolish
- trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
- adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
- Synonym: foolishness craziness madness
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It would be the height of folly to change course now .
现在改变方向可谓愚蠢至极。
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Giving up a secure job seems to be the height of folly .
放弃一份安定的工作似乎愚蠢至极。
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It seems like an act of monumental folly .
这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。
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Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters
贫困和人类的愚昧加剧了自然灾难。
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It 's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year .
在每年会发生几十次地震的国家建造核电站简直就是愚蠢至极。
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She 's 87 years old , and a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies
她现年87岁，曾经是齐格菲尔时事讽刺剧团的成员之一。
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Napoleon 's army was sacrificed on the altar of folly in the disastrous Russian campaign .
在灾难性的俄国战役中，拿破仑的军队成了这一愚蠢之举的牺牲品。
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They reproach the government every day with folly and impertinence .
他们每天愚昧而粗鲁地指责政府。
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Answer a fool according to his folly .
按愚人的蠢话回答愚人。
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To know it 's no use , but keep on doing it -- there can be no greater folly than this .
知其不可而为之，愚不可及也。
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Some amuse themselves in folly .
有些人以干荒唐事取乐。
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Of what avail is it to save him from his folly ?
你要阻止他干蠢事，又有什么用？
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Learn wisdom by the folly of others .
从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
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Events proved the folly of such calculations .
事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
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He has given up youthful follies .
他不再做年轻人的荒唐事了。
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It was their delight , their folly , their anodyne , their intellectual stimulant .
这是他们的人生乐趣，他们的一时荒唐，他们的止痛药，他们的脑力刺激剂。
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The power of one needs the folly of the other .
一方的力量，需要另一方的愚蠢。
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For then they will be sure to make good their own folly .
这样一来她们不得不补救自己的失策。
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The first stage of folly is to think oneself wise .
愚蠢的第一阶段是自以为聪明。
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A good folly is worth whatever you pay for it .
一次好的过失，不论多少都是值得为它付出的。
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It is folly to assume continued stability if economic performance does not improve .
如果经济表现没有改善的话，认为物价能够保持稳定是愚蠢的。
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Integrated compilatory is very good platform and folly used in practice .
其中的集成编译器可为用户的二次开发提供一个便捷的发平台，该平台已在实际中得到应用。
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It would be folly to turn the offer down .
拒绝这个建议是愚蠢之举。
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From an objective point of view , to be sheer folly .
从客观的角度来看，这种思想似乎是非常愚蠢的。
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Not with 10000 men could you do this.It is folly
就算有一万人也完成不了这个任务简直疯了
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To reduce public spending on health would be an act of the greatest folly .
削减公共卫生的开支将是非常愚蠢的事。
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" You are too old for such follies ," said Mother .
母亲说：“你这样大了，不应再做这种荒唐事”。
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But that would be shocking folly , as he well knew .
然而他也知道，这样干简直愚不可及。
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Not with 10000 men could you do this . It is folly .
就算有千军万马也办不到，这真荒唐。
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The judge described the incident as an act of folly .
法官把这一事件描述为愚蠢的行为。