follies

1. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...a reminder of the follies of war.
      提醒人们战争之愚蠢的东西
2. (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.

1. 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。
2. Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
   ◎从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
3. Be the bigger man and apologise for your follies.
   做有品行的人，为自己的愚蠢道歉吧。
4. I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offences against myself.
   别人的愚蠢和过错我本应该赶快忘掉，却偏偏忘不掉；人家得罪了我，我也忘不掉。
5. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
   愚蠢和无聊，荒唐和矛盾，这的确叫我觉得好笑，我自己也承认，我只要能够加以讥笑，总是加以讥笑。
6. 'I don't wish to add murder to my other follies,' he said.
   我不想在我的愚蠢上又添上谋杀的罪名，他说。
7. To get back one's youth, one has merely to repeat one's follies.
   想恢复青春，只要重犯旧过就行。
8. Protection, subsidies and other such follies distort agriculture more than any other sector.
   保护、补贴及其它此类荒唐做法对农业的扭曲大于其它行业。
9. I loath sentimental rubbish. The old man smiled sadly when he remembered the follies of his youth.
   我讨厌令人伤感的荒唐事。这老人想起年轻时的荒唐事，不禁苦笑。
10. All her follies have, we believe, been told.
    我们相信，她干的蠢事已经全部说了。
11. Youth with its fumbling and follies, its eagerness and questioning, is the eternal hope of mankind.
    青春充满着幼稚而愚笨的探索，充满着渴望和质疑，它是人类社会不竭的希望。
12. The follies of Finance and failures of regulation bear the blame.
    金融蠢行和监管失败难辞其咎。
13. Volantis has known her share of follies, but she's never suffered a boy triarch.
    瓦兰提斯有着她一定比例的愚行，但是从未经历过男孩元老这种事。
14. They had not only all the follies and infirmities of other old men, but many more which arose from the dreadful prospect of never dying.
    他们不仅具有了与其他老年人一模一样的所有毛病，而且因为那可怕的永生不死的未来，他们还会出现更多的毛病。
15. Peg used to be in the dog and pony follies.
    杰姆过去一直是坏蛋和蠢货。
16. Some Italians are amused by the Berlusconi follies, others are appalled.
    贝卢斯科尼的愚蠢举动逗乐了一些意大利人，也让另一些意大利人震惊不已。
17. Most of all, it warns me to keep myself free from common follies.
    最重要的是，它时刻警醒我摆脱普遍的愚蠢。
18. The mouth of a fool boils forth follies. ( informal) having or revealing stupidity.
    蠢人嘴里说出来的尽是蠢话。（非正式）愚蠢或者显示出愚蠢。
19. My reconcilement to the kind in general might not be so difficult, if they would be content with those vices and follies only which nature has entitled them to.
    如果“野猢”这个种族满足于大自然赋予他们的那些罪恶与愚蠢，我同它们的和解就不会太困难。
20. Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
    记得年轻时所做蠢事的人是幸福的。
21. They are imbrued with the follies of youth. His head is full of silly notions.
    他们满脑子都是年轻人的傻念头。他满脑子的怪想法。
22. They believe they are entitled to lecture debtors on their follies.
    它们认为自己有权对债务国的愚蠢行为加以训诫。
23. "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”。
24. The writings of Swift mocked the follies of his age.
    斯威夫特的作品嘲弄了他那个时代的愚人。
25. Love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that they themselves commit.
    爱情是盲目的，恋人看不见自己做的傻事。
26. We will not trouble ourselves here with the names and follies, the crimes and intrigues, of its tale of emperors.
    这里我们不谈关于帝王们的名号、昏庸、罪恶和阴谋等等的故事。
27. Ziegfeld's great triumph, the Follies, came soon after.
    齐格飞的大胜利，他很快就接著推出歌舞团表演。
28. You'll pay later for your follies.
    你以后要为你的愚蠢行动付出代价的。
29. With your good sense, you could be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others!
    凭你这样一个聪明人，竟会忠厚到看不出别人的愚蠢和无聊！
30. I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others.
    我发现我很难原谅别人的愚蠢和恶习。

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