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a lack of good judgement; the fact of doing something stupid; an activity or idea that shows a lack of judgement 愚蠢；愚笨；愚蠢的想法（或事情、行爲） an act of sheer folly 純粹愚蠢的行動 Giving up a secure job seems to be the height of folly. 放棄一份穩定的工作似乎愚蠢至極。 - folly (to do something)
It would be folly to turn the offer down. 拒絕這個建議是愚蠢之舉。 the follies of youth 青年時期的愚蠢行爲 His idealism had been soured by the varied spectacle of human folly. 他的理想主義被人類愚蠢的各種景象所玷污。
Extra ExamplesSuddenly she saw the folly of it all. 她突然意識到這一切是多麽愚蠢。 These facts demonstrate the folly of the policy. 這些事實顯示出政策上的愚昧。 They have finally seen the folly of their ways. 最終他們看到了他們做法的荒謬之處。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- sheer
- ultimate
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- realize
- recognize
- see
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- an act of folly
- the folly of your ways
- the height of folly
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a building that has no practical purpose but was built in the past for decoration, often in the garden of a large country house （常見於舊時鄉間豪宅花園中的）裝飾性建築
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French folie ‘madness’, in modern French also ‘delight, favourite dwelling’ (compare with sense (2)), from fol ‘fool, foolish’.