folly

noun

1. 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
   1. an act of sheer folly
      纯粹愚蠢的行动
   2. 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。
   3. It would be folly to turn the offer down.
      拒绝这个建议是愚蠢之举。
   4. the follies of youth
      青年时期的愚蠢行为
2. （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

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. 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。
2. 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。
3. Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters
   贫困和人类的愚昧加剧了自然灾难。
4. Some amuse themselves in folly.
   有些人以干荒唐事取乐。
5. 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。
6. Answer a fool according to his folly.
   按愚人的蠢话回答愚人。
7. Of what avail is it to save him from his folly?
   你要阻止他干蠢事，又有什么用？
8. It was my folly!
   那是我的愚蠢！
9. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
   然而我的愚蠢，并不是在恋爱方面，而是有虚荣心方面。
10. And by the Lion's Mane I have paid for my folly.
    天哪，我为我的愚蠢付出了代价。
11. Even so, the evil, folly or carelessness of others are no excuse for China to behave irresponsibly.
    但即便如此，其他国家的罪孽、愚蠢及疏忽，不应成为中国不负责任行为的借口。
12. But he had to laugh at his folly when he saw what his fear was doing to him.
    但当他明白正是他的恐惧感使他如此裹足不前、坐以待毙的时候，他嘲笑起自己的愚笨。
13. I'm sorry to make such a folly mistake.
    很抱歉，我竟然犯了这样一个愚蠢的错误。
14. I hinted at his imprudence, his folly, but he did not take my hint.
    我暗示他的轻率，他的愚蠢，但他没有觉察我的暗示。
15. The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life.
    傻瓜们的荒唐事：人类生活中欺骗和自我欺骗的逻辑。
16. Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
    爱是蠢人的智慧和智者的愚蠢。
17. They should not expect Greeks to rescue them from their folly, after the fact.
    他们自己做下了蠢事，事后不应指望希腊人来救他们。
18. Sometimes when I have been alone I have remembered that folly.
    有是我独自一人，就会想起那桩荒唐事。
19. Their folly drew on their disgrace.
    他们的愚蠢使他们丢了脸。
20. In fact, we told you it was a folly.
    实际上，我们曾告诉你们这是愚蠢的做法。
21. It would be folly to let a paroxysm of anxiety over immigration drive this debate.
    让对移民问题的突发忧虑左右这场辩论的走向，将是愚蠢的。
22. Nobody knows who or what drove him on to commit that folly.
    没有人知道上谁或什么事驱使他去干那件蠢事的。
23. She reasoned with me for an hour about the folly of my plans.
    她同我争辩了一个小时，想使我明白我的计划有多荒唐。
24. Folly and ignorance play a part.
    愚蠢和无知也起到了一定作用。
25. Germany, France and Italy suggest it would be folly to isolate Russia.
    德国、法国和意大利认为，孤立俄罗斯将是愚蠢的。
26. It was my folly, and thy weakness.
    那就是我的愚蠢和你的软弱。
27. It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own.
    愚蠢的本质是只看到别人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。
28. My folly has cost me dearly.
    我的愚蠢使我损失惨重。
29. It took me this long, through some bitter losses, to recognize the folly of that reasoning.
    我花了这么长时间，经过痛苦的损失，才认清这个推论是如此愚蠢。
30. I will not be too impatient at your selfishness and folly.
    我不会容忍你的自私和愚昧。

noun

1. foolish or senseless behavior

   Synonym:    foolerytomfoolerycrazinesslunacyindulgence

2. a stupid mistake

   Synonym:    stupiditybetisefoolishnessimbecility

3. the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

   Synonym:    foolishnessunwiseness

4. the quality of being rash and foolish
   1. trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
   2. adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness

   Synonym:    foolishnesscrazinessmadness