They all jeer at the foolish speaker.

他们都嘲笑那个愚蠢的演说者。

It's foolish to idle away one's precious time.

把大好时光浪费掉是愚蠢的。

He could not account for his foolish mistake.

他无法解释他所犯的荒谬的错误。

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

假使五千万人讲出一件荒谬的事，那仍然是荒谬的事。

We foolishly thought that everyone would speak English.

我们真蠢，竟以为人人都会说英语。

foolishly, I allowed myself to be persuaded to enter the contest.

我竟傻乎乎地让人说服去参加比赛。

['u4e0d'u53ef'u6570'u540d'u8bcd]Jenny had to laugh at her own foolishness.

珍妮只好自嘲自己的愚蠢。

He's afraid of looking foolish in front of his friends.

他怕在朋友面前出丑。

She's just a vain, foolish woman.

她不过是个愚蠢自负的女人。

I was foolish enough to believe what Jeff told me.

我真蠢，竟相信杰夫和我说的话。

The accident was my fault'u2500 it would be foolish to pretend otherwise.

这次事故是我的过失——装作没有责任那才傻呢。

How could she have been so foolish as to fall in love with him?

她怎么这么傻，竟爱上了他？

a foolish idea'/dream'/mistake

荒唐的想法 / 梦 / 错误

It was a very foolish thing to do.

干那种事很蠢。

I felt foolish and a failure.

我自觉是个愚蠢的失败者。

It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily...

无谓地燃起人们的希望是愚蠢的。

It is foolish to risk skin cancer.

冒患上皮肤癌的风险是愚蠢的。

I just stood there feeling foolish and watching him...

我只是傻傻地站在那里看着他。

I didn't want him to look foolish and be laughed at.

我不希望见到他出丑，被别人嘲笑。

Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.

宁做聪明的傻子,不做愚蠢的聪明人.

No one is foolish enough to endorse it.

没有哪个人会傻得赞成它.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

令人讨厌的小人物身上有着愚蠢的一致性.

That foolish fellow is looking for trouble.

那个愚蠢的家伙在自找麻烦.

It is foolish not to invest in stocks, so I will show her how to be bearish without them too, if she chooses.

不投资股票是愚蠢的, 因此如果她选择股票,我会向她展示怎样在没有长期潜力的情况下进行卖空.

Don't close with him; he is a foolish man.

别跟他 打架 ,他是个傻子.

How foolish you should be if you were to take these words seriously.

如果你把这些话当真,那你真是太傻了.

We consider them to have been foolish.

我们认为他们的做法是愚蠢的.

It'seems foolish not to give Ann her freedom, if that's what she really wants.

安要是真想离婚的话,不同意她离就太蠢了.

His foolish act has brought a storm about his ears.

他的愚蠢行动招致了人们的强烈不满.

It would be foolish to let such an opportunity slip; it's a chance of a lifetime.

坐失这个良机, 那是太傻了,这是一生中难得的机会.

If he had a modicum of sense, he wouldn't do such a foolish thing.

要是他稍有一点理智, 他决不会做出如此愚蠢的事来.

用作定语～+ n.

1. He is a foolish boy.
   他是个傻男孩。
2. She's a foolish interfering old woman!
   她是个又蠢又好管闲事的老太婆。
3. The foolish boy was laughed at wherever he went.
   傻男孩不论走到哪里都受到讥笑。
4. The foolish girl insists on having her own way.
   那个愚蠢的女孩子坚持一意孤行。
5. That foolish fellow is looking for trouble.
   那个愚蠢的家伙在自找麻烦。
6. There were a lot of foolish answers given to the third examination question.
   对考卷上的第三题,很多人作了愚蠢的回答。
7. With this foolish action he had damned himself.
   他因这一愚蠢的行为毁掉了自己。
8. He could not account for his foolish mistake.
   他不能说明他犯愚蠢错误的原因。
9. I know better than to do such a foolish thing.
   我很明白不能干这种蠢事。

用作表语S+be+～

1. Don't be foolish.
   别傻了。
2. He looked rather foolish.
   他看上去很傻。
3. How foolish you should be if you were to take these words seriously.
   如果你把这些话当真,那你真是太傻了。

S+be+～+to- v

1. You are foolish to say so.
   你这样说是愚蠢的。
2. He was foolish to believe her.
   他真笨,竟然相信她。
3. Mr. White was foolish to agree to the proposal.
   怀特先生同意那建议是不明智的。
4. He was foolish to take that expensive house.
   他买那昂贵的房子是愚蠢的。
5. We would be very foolish indeed to confine our vision to our national borders only.
   我们将视野局限在国内将是很愚蠢的。
6. He was foolish to let himself be pushed into doing what he knew was against both orders and common sense.
   他让自己去干他知道是既违命又不合常理的事是很愚蠢的。
7. No one is foolish enough to endorse it.
   没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。

It is/was+～+for〔of〕 sb+to- v

1. It is foolish of him to buy such expensive furniture.
   他买这么贵的家具真傻。
2. Was it foolish of him to walk ten miles to return half a dollar he'd overcharged a customer?
   他跑了十英里路退给多收顾客的半元钱愚蠢吗?

～+名词

• foolish%20attempt">foolish attempt笨拙的尝试
• foolish%20figure">foolish figure笑柄,笑话
• foolish%20man">foolish man愚蠢的人

～+副词

• foolish%20enough">foolish enough十分愚蠢

动词+～

• foolish">feel foolish觉得蠢
• foolish">look foolish看上去有些傻

• It was foolish,..but one cannot always be logical.

  出自：G. Greene

• You'd have a very good chance of a first if you tried. But..you settle for what's just good enough to keep you from looking foolish.

  出自：S. Raven

adj.(形容词)

1. foolish是具有评价意义的形容词,指人时强调智力低下,缺乏常识和判断力,即“愚蠢的,笨的”; 指行为时表示不动脑筋缺乏考虑的愚蠢举动,即“笨拙的,傻瓜似的”。
2. foolish在句中可用作定语或表语。
3. foolish后接动词不定式时,该不定式的逻辑主体须用of(而非for)引出。

adj.(形容词)

foolish, absurd, fatuous, ridiculous, silly, stupid

这组词都有“愚蠢,荒唐,可笑”的意思。其区别是：

absurd指因为不符合常理或人情而令人觉得荒唐可笑; ridiculous指因为不符合常理或人情而引起别人的讥笑或鄙视; foolish侧重“愚蠢”,多用来指人,也可以指行为,多指因为缺乏智慧或判断力而造成; silly多用于口语,比foolish语气重,指极端的和明显的“愚蠢”,有令人觉得“糊涂”的含意,有时也可以指“傻气; 憨; 不懂事”,指行为、言语等时有“无聊的; 无意义的”含意; stupid强调“愚笨”,常指由于智力低下或其他原因而引起,往往含有“呆滞麻木”的含意,具有较强的贬义,有时也可指事物的“无聊; 乏味”; fatuous含有愚蠢盲目但自我感觉良好以致达到无法认清自己的地步的意思。