inane

英 [ɪˈneɪn] 美 [ɪˈneɪn]

adj.  愚蠢的; 无意义的

GRE

BNC.22250 / COCA.21653



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 愚蠢的;无意义的
    stupid or silly; with no meaning
    1. an inane remark
      无聊的话语

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 愚蠢的;傻的
    If you describe someone's behaviour or actions as inane, you think they are very silly or stupid.
    1. He always had this inane grin...
      他总是这样傻傻地咧嘴笑。
    2. She started asking me inane questions.
      她开始问我愚蠢的问题。

双语例句

  1. He always had this inane grin
    他总是这样傻傻地咧嘴笑。
  2. She started asking me inane questions.
    她开始问我愚蠢的问题。
  3. Taken as a whole, Twitter is silly and inane because most of what goes on there is silly and inane.
    总的来说,Twitter颇为空虚无聊,因为上面的大部分活动都很空虚无聊。
  4. Despite such inane commentary in the press, she thrived, both in terms of professional reputation and financial success.
    这样空洞的新闻报道并没有妨碍西伯特在职业声誉和经济两方面都取得成功。
  5. There has been almost no discussion of foreign affairs – apart from the nationalists 'inane refrain that a morally superior Scotland will not have to join in illegal wars.
    除了民族主义者愚蠢的老生常谈(诸如拥有道德优越性的苏格兰将不必参加非法战争等等)之外,几乎没人讨论外部事务。
  6. I don't know all that much about soccer, but I sure didn't waste any time asking Luca inane questions about what was going on in the game.
    我对足球所知甚少,但我并未浪费任何时间去询问卢卡,有关比赛进行当中的种种无聊问题。
  7. Oil-rich Middle Eastern states, kingdoms and emirates are competing with China, while other countries keen to display newfound wealth have joined in this slightly inane numbers game.
    而石油储备丰富的中东国家正在与中国相互竞争,其他一些热衷于炫富的国家也加入了这场几乎毫无意义的竞争游戏。
  8. There are too many inane quiz shows and imported detective series on television these days.
    现在电视中毫无意义的智力竞答节目和引进的侦探系列片太多。
  9. To have access to literature, world literature, was to escape the prison of national vanity, of philistinism, of compulsory provincialism, of inane schooling, of imperfect destinies and bad luck.
    接触文学,接触世界文学,不啻是逃出民族虚荣心的监狱、市侩的监狱、强迫性的地方主义监狱、愚蠢的学校教育的监狱、不完美的命运和怀运气的监狱。
  10. Turn off Push and Fetch and all the other emphatic verbs that bring inane Facebook updates and new e-mails to your attention like a cat proudly dropping an especially fresh rodent at your feet.
    就像一只猫自豪地把一只刚死的老鼠叼到你的脚边一样,关掉那些收发的信息以及其他所有会成为无意义的Facebook更新的微博语言,还有引起你的注意的电子邮件。
  11. Why on earth do our minds conjure up such ridiculous imagery, such inane thoughts, such spectacularly vivid and surreal landscapes, intense emotions& such narrative trash?
    到底为什么我们的大脑会虚构出如此荒唐的幻象,如此毫无意义的意象,如此精细逼真、超现实的景色,以及强烈的情感&如此无聊的一段段故事碎片?
  12. These inane literary works have no affinity to the masses.
    这些文学作品空洞无物,丝毫没有人民性。
  13. You going to keep up this inane questioning for much longer?
    你想让这没用的讯问持续多久?
  14. It is good that I am too sophisticated to be rattled by your inane comments.
    我太乱了,不能说很多你的瞎想,这是好事。
  15. Nor does media coverage that focuses on whose commercials are moving polling points and who performed well in the last inane debate.
    所谓谁的竞选广告改变了民调的得分,或在上一次泛泛而谈的辩论中谁表现得不错,这些媒体的新闻报道,也无济于事。
  16. The uniform ones are the confused and inane eyes and not sexy lips smeared with the same red lipstick.
    始终如一的是迷惘空洞的大眼睛和涂抹着橙红色的不算性感的小嘴儿。
  17. Thereby, the paper provides educators a feasible approach for seeking ideal ideological education and getting rid of inane sermon.
    从而为探索政治思想教育如何走出空洞说教的误区提供了理论依据和切实可行的方法。
  18. They don't value what they regard as inane and pointless.
    他们不屑于他们视为空无意义的东西。
  19. He bombarded the lecturer with inane questions.
    他向讲演者提了一连串无比愚蠢的问题。
  20. But even a flawed proposal is better than inane cries for leadership.
    不过,即便是一项有缺陷的建议也要强于对领导力的空洞呼唤。
  21. Should investors beyond the inane chatter of the day-trading blogosphere care?
    日间交易闲聊圈外的投资者在意吗?
  22. If it was inane, we would all recognise it.
    如果空洞无物,我们都会意识到。
  23. The further that humans move away from nature, the more inane the dance becomes from the point of view of the plant kingdoms.
    从植物王国角度来看,当人类离开自然越远,人类舞蹈也就越愚昧疯狂。
  24. Even inane emails from friends get ignored when I'm busy, even though I send friends lots of silly emails!
    在我繁忙时,甚至把来自朋友的空洞无物的电子邮件都忽略掉,尽管我寄给了朋友们许多稀里糊涂的电子邮件!
  25. An inane remark, question, etc
    无聊的言语、问题等
  26. But amidst the endless screams and inane babble, they discerned two words.
    但是在它的痛苦的哀嚎声中,他们听出了两个字。
  27. Progress is the eternal as eternity and is posited on action not inaction through inane waiting.
    发展是不朽的永恒,定位于行动,而非空洞等待的怠惰。
  28. Combined with the connotation of our country existed town system plan mode, the inane feeling arisen from this plan mode and three reasons for little instructional significance on town development are analyzed.
    结合我国现行城镇体系规划模式的内涵,分析了该模式规划产生空洞之感和对城镇发展的指导意义不大的原因。

英英释义

adj

  1. devoid of intelligence

      Synonym:    asininefatuousmindlessvacuous