foolish

adj.

1. 愚蠢的；傻的
   not showing good sense or judgement
   1. She's just a vain, foolish woman.
      她不过是个愚蠢自负的女人。
   2. I was foolish enough to believe what Jeff told me.
      我真蠢，竟相信杰夫和我说的话。
   3. The accident was my fault─ 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。
   4. 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？
   5. a foolish idea/dream/mistake
      荒唐的想法 / 梦 / 错误
   6. It was a very foolish thing to do.
      干那种事很蠢。
2. 感到荒谬；出丑；显得尴尬
   made to feel or look silly and embarrassed
   1. I felt foolish and a failure.
      我自觉是个愚蠢的失败者。
   2. He's afraid of looking foolish in front of his friends.
      他怕在朋友面前出丑。

1. ADJ-GRADED (举止或行为)愚蠢的，傻的，笨的
   If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment.
   1. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily...
      无谓地燃起人们的希望是愚蠢的。
   2. It is foolish to risk skin cancer.
      冒患上皮肤癌的风险是愚蠢的。
2. ADJ-GRADED 傻的;蠢的;显得难堪的
   If you look or feel foolish, you look or feel so silly or ridiculous that people are likely to laugh at you.
   1. I just stood there feeling foolish and watching him...
      我只是傻傻地站在那里看着他。
   2. 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。

1. Making people feel foolish is emphatically not my strategy
   让人出丑显然不是我的策略。
2. I feel how foolish I am to entertain doubts
   我竟然心存怀疑，真是太愚蠢了。
3. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily
   无谓地燃起人们的希望是愚蠢的。
4. It is foolish to risk skin cancer.
   冒患上皮肤癌的风险是愚蠢的。
5. I just stood there feeling foolish and watching him
   我只是傻傻地站在那里看着他。
6. 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。
7. Any action on the basis of such fragmentary evidence would be foolish.
   基于如此不完整的证据采取的任何行动都是愚蠢的。
8. For others, especially the young and foolish, the state will temper justice with mercy
   对待其他人时，尤其是年轻人和愚蠢的人，国家会刚柔并济。
9. Can you persuade her out of her foolish plans?
   你能劝她放弃那些愚蠢的计划吗？
10. His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.
    他的愚蠢行为可能会危及他的整个前程。
11. That foolish deed of his will remain a blot on his escutcheon.
    他的那种愚蠢行为将永远是他名誉上的污点。
12. Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit.
    宁做聪明的傻子，不做愚蠢的聪明人。
13. We should learn from the Foolish Old Man's spirit to challenge nature.
    要学习老愚公战天斗地的精神。
14. Foolish expenditures bankrupted him.
    胡乱花费使他破产。
15. You ought to be ashamed of your foolish behaviour.
    你应当为自己的愚蠢行为而感到羞耻。
16. I know better than to do such a foolish thing.
    我很明白不能干这种蠢事。
17. Don't close with him; he is a foolish man.
    别跟他打架，他是个傻子。
18. He refused to take orders from such a foolish fellow.
    他拒绝接受这样愚蠢家伙的命令。
19. The complete failure of his foolish investment in land left him sadder but wiser.
    他那愚蠢的地产投资的彻底失败使他吃一堑，长一智。
20. 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。
21. He is notorious for being a foolish emperor.
    他是历史上有名的暗弱昏君。
22. He's always doing such foolish things.
    他净办这种肉头事！
23. She felt that tears were unbecoming and foolish.
    她觉得流泪是不恰当的，是愚蠢的。
24. It is foolish to believe that romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.
    认为浪漫的爱情可以使你躲开生活的艰辛是一种愚蠢的想法。
25. We can only hope that she will soon understand how foolish she has been, and unthinking, and come back.
    我们只能希望她很快就明白她这是多么傻，多么没有头脑并希望她回来。
26. I refuse to entertain such a foolish idea.
    我拒绝考虑如此愚蠢的想法。
27. It's foolish to force your feet into a pair of shoes that are too small for you.
    硬要把脚穿进太小的鞋里去是愚蠢的。
28. You think you are clever, on the contrary, I assure that you are very foolish.
    你自以为很聪明，相反地，我确信你很傻。
29. You are foolish to say so.
    你这样说是愚蠢的。
30. I was wrong. I was foolish.
    我错了，我太愚蠢了。

  stupid foolish silly【导航词义：愚笨的】

  stupid adj. 笨的，头脑迟钝的

〔辨析〕常指人因智力低下或其他原因而显得愚笨、迟钝的，往往含呆滞木讷之意；口语中多指人或物令人气恼或讨厌的。

  foolish adj. 愚笨的，可笑的

〔辨析〕常用于形容人或行为，强调缺乏智慧或判断力的。

  silly adj. 愚蠢的，傻的

〔辨析〕多用于口语，语气比 foolish 重，指人极端或明显愚蠢的，或傻里傻气、不懂事的；形容行为、言语等时意为“无聊的”、“无意义的”。

adj

1. having or revealing stupidity
   1. ridiculous anserine behavior
   2. a dopey answer
   3. a dopey kid
   4. some fool idea about rewriting authors' books

   Synonym:    anserinedopydopeygooseygoosygooselikejerky

2. devoid of good sense or judgment
   1. foolish remarks
   2. a foolish decision