- 1/stuːˈpɪdəti/ · /stjuːˈpɪdəti/愚蠢；愚蠢的行為
Stupidity is the quality of being stupid — a lack of good sense or intelligence, especially shown through a foolish action or decision. It can describe a general trait ('the stupidity of the plan') or one specific act ('a moment of stupidity').
示範例句 · Example
The book lists all the horrors and stupidities of that long war.
逐字這本書列出那場漫長戰爭的所有恐怖和愚行。
常見搭配
an act of stupidity
一件蠢事
one particular thing someone did that showed no good sense
Texting while cycling is an act of stupidity.
crass stupidity
極其愚蠢的行為
stupidity that is obvious and shows no care at all
Ignoring the warning signs was crass stupidity.
because of someone's stupidity
因為某人的愚蠢作為
as a result of the foolish way someone acted
Several people were hurt because of his stupidity.
mindless stupidity
毫無頭腦的胡搞
behaviour with no thought or reason behind it at all
They described the damage to the park as mindless stupidity.
core核心畫面
組成'Stupid' plus '-ity' (a suffix meaning 'the quality of').
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
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stupiditynoun/stjuːˈpɪdɪti/
- 1
The property of being stupid.
- I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity, but that's not much of an excuse.
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.
- 2
An act that is stupid.
- Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car.
- 8. They require that crass stupidities shall not be played upon the reader as “the craft of the woodsman, the delicate art of the forest,” by either the author or the people in the tale.
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