fatuous
发音
英 [ˈfætʃuəs]
美 [ˈfætʃuəs]
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- adj.
- 愚昧的，昏庸的，蠢的
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- adv.
- 愚昧地，昏庸地，蠢地
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- n.
- 愚昧，昏庸，蠢
单词词源
fatuous 愚蠢的
来自拉丁语fatuus, 愚蠢的，无味的。可能进一步来自PIE*bhat, 击，打，词源同beat, batten. 委婉语，脑子出问题的。
双语例句
- 1. It should drop the fatuous targeting of pay , shadow banking and rating agencies .
- 它应当放弃愚昧地把矛头对准薪酬、影子银行业和评级机构。
- 2. The assumption that such violence afflicts only the poor or deserving is both fatuous and misguided .
- 认为家庭暴力只会发生在穷人中的看法是愚昧和错误的。
- 3. Bredan perceived the document-which advocated abolition of private property and the imposition of " democratic rule " by " popular committees " - as fatuous and incomprehensible .
- 对于书中倡导的消灭私有财产和由“平民委员会”强加的“民主统治”，布莱丹一概视为愚昧和不可理喻。
- 4. At least here in britain our energy secretary , chris huhne , has so far refrained from saying anything so fatuous ; although how he is going to persuade our german and french-owned electricity companies to build the nuclear power plants needed to keep britain 's lights on will be more of a puzzle than ever .
- 至少在我们英国，我们的能源部长chrishuhne尚未发表此般愚昧的见解，而对于他将如何说服德法两国的电力公司在英国投资建立核电站来保证英国电力供应的问题，确实要面临更大的挑战。