Arrant is a heavy old word you drop in front of something bad to say it is that thing all the way through — not a bit of it, the whole of it. Arrant nonsense is not a small mistake; it is nonsense with nothing else mixed in.

Arrant is a heavy old wordArrant 是一個很重的老字， you drop in front of something bad放在壞東西前面， to say it is that thing all the way through說它從頭到尾都是那個東西—— not a bit of it,不是有一點點， the whole of it.是整個都是。 Arrant nonsenseArrant nonsense is not a small mistake;不是個小錯誤； it is nonsense是胡說八道， with nothing else mixed in.完全沒摻雜別的東西。

Arrant lie, arrant fool, arrant waste: those are the company it keeps. You almost never hear it with a kind noun, and you almost never hear it in the street.

Arrant lie, arrant fool, arrant waste:Arrant lie、arrant fool、arrant waste： those are the company it keeps.這些是它常搭配的伙伴。 You almost never hear it你幾乎不會聽到它 with a kind noun,跟一個「好」的名詞放在一起， and you almost never hear it in the street.也幾乎不會在街頭聽到它。

It belongs to books, to speeches that want to sound strong and a little old, and to jokes that copy that sound.

It belongs to books,它屬於書本， to speeches that want to sound strong and a little old,屬於想聽起來強烈又有點老派的演講， and to jokes that copy that sound.也屬於模仿那種語氣的笑話。

Though actually it started life as the same word as errant, which meant wandering. The two spellings later split. Errant kept the wandering sense. Arrant became a way to pile on the blame.

Though actually不過其實 it started life as the same word as errant,它原本跟 errant 是同一個字， which meant wandering.意思是「遊蕩」。 The two spellings later split.這兩種拼法後來分家了。 Errant kept the wandering sense.Errant 保留了遊蕩的意思。 Arrant became a way to pile on the blame.Arrant 則變成一種加重責備的方式。

If someone calls your idea arrant nonsense, they are not being careful. They are slamming it.

If someone calls your idea arrant nonsense,如果有人說你的想法是 arrant nonsense， they are not being careful.他們不是在小心措辭。 They are slamming it.他們是在狠狠地批評它。