I can’t believe Kate was stupid enough to get involved in this.
我简直不能相信凯特这么傻,会介入这件事情。
stupid idea/question
Whose stupid idea was this?
这是谁的蠢主意?
It was stupid of me to lose my temper.
我大发脾气,真是太愚蠢了。
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Stupid is very frequent in spoken English, but in written English people usually prefer to use more a formal alternative, such as foolish or unwise, which sounds more polite.
3spokenANNOY used when you are talking about something or someone that makes you annoyed or impatient 恼人的,讨厌的〔用以表示气恼或不耐烦〕
I can’t get this stupid radio to work.
我没办法弄响这台讨厌的收音机。
What is that stupid idiot doing?
那个蠢蛋在做什么?
4.stupid with cold/sleep/shock etcCONFUSEDunable to think clearly because you are extremely cold, tired etc 冷得迷糊/睡得迷糊/震惊得发傻等
—stupidlyadverbadv
I stupidly agreed to organize the party.
我愚蠢地应下了组织派对的任务。
THESAURUS
stupid showing a total lack of good sense or good judgment. Stupid sounds very strong and is often used when you are annoyed or strongly criticizing someone’s behaviour 愚蠢的,傻的〔stupid语气强烈,常用于表达愤怒或强烈指责某人的行为〕
I wish you’d stop asking stupid questions.
我希望你别再问愚蠢的问题了。
It was stupid of me to leave the door unlocked.
我没把门锁好,真是太蠢了。
nWell, if you’re stupid enough to skate on the lake, you deserve to fall in.
silly doing or saying things that are not sensible or serious, and that may make you feel embarrassed later. Silly sounds much gentler than stupid 没头脑的,傻的〔silly的语气比stupid温和许多〕
a silly mistake
愚蠢的错误
Don’t be so silly! There’s nothing wrong with you.
别傻了!你什么问题都没有。
nI think you’re silly to worry so much about your hair.
daft informal not sensible, often in a way that is also amusing 傻的〔常指好笑的〕
Is this another of your daft ideas?
这又是你的一个傻主意?
Don’t be daft! Of course you’re not too old to go clubbing.
别傻了!你当然没有老到不可以去夜总会了。
dumb informal especially American EnglishAmEstupid 愚蠢的
a dumb question
愚蠢的问题
He was dumb enough to believe her.
他够蠢的,居然相信她。
nOh, I just did the dumbest thing back there, I forgot my purse.
foolish stupid. Foolish sounds rather formal and is used mainly in written English. The usual words to use in everyday English are silly or stupid 愚蠢的〔foolish 相当正式,主要用于书面英语,日常英语中通常用silly或stupid〕
It was a foolish thing to say.
说这话真蠢。
They did not want to look foolish.
他们不想显得傻乎乎的。
nIt was all a foolish dream.
nI think the board of directors made a foolish choice that it will later regret.
unwise formal done without thinking carefully enough about the possibledisadvantages that may result 不明智的,轻率的
She knew the marriage was unwise.
她知道这桩婚事很草率。
an unwise choice of words
不明智的措辞
nIt would be very unwise to speculate.
nbraveBritish EnglishBrE often humorous used when you think that what someone is planning or suggesting is certain to fail, but you do not want to say directly that they are behaving in a stupid way
The leader of the opposition described it as ‘a brave decision.’
I think he’s being very brave.
very stupid 非常愚蠢
crazy not at all sensible or reasonable – used when you are very surprised by someone’s behaviour or what they have said 失去理智的,发疯的〔尤用于对某人的行为或言语感到非常惊讶〕
Ian’s got some crazy plan to drive across Africa.
伊恩疯了,打算驾车穿越非洲大陆。
She looked at me as if I was crazy!
她看我的样子就像我疯了似的!
nYou’re crazy to think of hitch-hiking on your own.
ridiculous extremely stupid 极愚蠢的,荒唐的
You look ridiculous in that hat.
你戴那顶帽子很可笑。
Some people spend a ridiculous amount of money on cars.
有些人花好多钱买车,太荒唐了。
nIt’s absolutely ridiculous to suggest that he would do something like that.
absurd/ludicrous extremely stupid – used especially when an idea or situation seems strange or illogical 荒谬的,不合情理的
How can a return ticket cost less than a single? It’s totally absurd!
怎么往返票比单程票还便宜?这太荒谬了!
It was a ludicrous idea.
这主意很荒唐。
nSome of the objections to the theory are simply absurd.
laughable so stupid that you cannot believe someone is telling the truth or being serious 可笑的,荒唐的
The accusations were almost laughable.
这些指控简直是可笑。
a laughable suggestion
可笑的建议
nIt would be laughable if it wasn’t so serious.
Examples from the Corpus
stupid• She is sometimesnaive, but she's not stupid.• She talks to us as if we're completely stupid.• Maybe he thinks Wayne is big and ugly and greasy and stupid.• She could tell, instantly, that he was stupid.• This has got to be one of the most embarrassing filmmoments of the year -- sophomoric, self-congratulatory and stupid.• I was very drunk last night -- I hope I didn't do anything stupid.• The easyanswer is, they were stupid, and it may be the real answer, too.• It was also extremely stupid, because it means she knows about it and so you can't blackmail me.• You stupidboy! I've told you not to play with matches!• Perhaps he had been stupid, but had he actually done any damage?• Well, if you're stupid enough to skate on the lake, you deserve to fall in.• The stupidgate won't open properly.• This is stupid - I don't want to play this game anymore.• I didn't say you were stupid, I said it was a stupid thing to do.• Withdraw the police from the area? I've never heard such a stupid idea!• Don't you call me a stupididiot!• You'd have to be stupid not to take advantage of a great offer like this!• It was stupid of me to believe her of course, but I did.• But without the cricket intelligence, straight-talking is a stupidpastime.• It's only stupid people who believe in all that astrologymumbo-jumbo.• a stupidquestion• I have to stay late and finish this stupidreport.• He's so stupid that he couldn't even find New York on the map.• We did a lot of stupid things in high school.• It was a stupid thought and she was not amused.• Poor Larry's too stupid to realize when you're making fun of him.
stupid idea/question• And how many more times was he going to ask himself that stupid question?• I don't come barging in and upsetting my daughter with stupid questions.• It was, in one sense, a stupid question.• Sorry - I mean - I mean that it was a stupid question!• As the women talked and asked stupid questions about his novels he imaginedputting them in the next one.• What on earth had made her ask a stupid question like that?• Sometimes she exasperated herself with the stupid ideas she had.• It just seemed such a stupid question that's all.
stupid2 noun spoken not polite
an insulting way of talking to someone who you think is being stupid 笨蛋,蠢货
No, stupid, don’t do it like that!
不,笨蛋,不要那样做!
Originstupid1
(1500-1600)Frenchstupide, from Latinstupidus, from stupere“to surprise extremely, stun”
VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound顯得愚蠢;愚蠢;覺得很傻;看上去愚蠢;好像愚蠢;聽上去糊塗◇I felt so stupid when I realized what had happened.意識到發生了什麼事之後,我覺得自己傻極了。◇My sister made me look stupid in front of all my friends.妹妹讓我在所有朋友面前出了醜。➤get變得讓人糊塗◇The situation is getting stupid.情況變得越來越不可思議。➤act, play (NAmE) 裝傻充愣◇I decided it was best to act stupid.我決定最好還是裝傻。◇Don't play stupid, Carlos-what happened?別裝傻了,卡洛斯,發生了什麼事?➤call sb說某人傻➤make sb使某人糊塗◇Success has made him stupid.成功讓他昏了頭。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常愚蠢▸➤amazingly, exceptionally, incredibly, monumentally, particularly, ridiculously, truly, unbelievably蠢得驚人;格外愚蠢;非常愚蠢;笨得讓人難以置信;蠢得不能再蠢◇a truly stupid thing to do一件極為愚蠢的事➤absolutely, completely, plain, simply, totally, utterly糊塗透頂;愚蠢至極◇That was just plain stupid!那簡直是蠢透了!➤not entirely沒那麼蠢◇I'm not entirely stupid. I checked the train times before we came out.我沒那麼傻,我們出來之前我看過列車時刻表。➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些愚蠢▸➤enough, sufficiently足夠愚蠢◇He's stupid enough to believe anything.他蠢到什麼都會相信。PHRASES➤be too stupid to do sth蠢得做不到⋯◇She's too stupid to realize that she'd be happier without him.她太傻了,意識不到沒有他她會更快樂。
stupid adj. ⇨stupid (a stupid person)⇨crazy (a stupid thing to do)stupid
adjective
stupid ♦︎ dumb ♦︎ thick ♦︎ obtuseThese words all describe sb who is not intelligent.这些词均表示愚蠢的、笨的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to look stupid / dumb / thick◆very / really / rather / pretty stupid / dumb◆a bit stupid / dumb / thick / obtuse◆totally / completely stupid / dumb / thick◆Don't be so / How can you be so stupid / dumb / obtuse!■stupid (ratherinformal, especiallyspoken) slow to learn or understand things; not clever or intelligent愚蠢的;笨的;傻的ⓘ It is not polite to call sb stupid.说某人stupid是不礼貌的◆He'll be OK-he's not stupid.他没事的-他不笨。◆I felt completely stupid.我觉得自己傻透了。◆You stupid idiot! Put that gun down!你这个白痴!把枪放下!OPPintelligent,smart,clever ⇨ intelligentⓘ The direct opposite of intelligent is unintelligent, but this is not very frequent. Stupid is a rather informal word, used more in spoken English than in written English. In formal or written English, it is more usual and more polite to describe sb as not very intelligent. * intelligent的直接反义词是unintelligent,但不常用。stupid是个不太正式的词,较多用于口语而非书面语。在正式或书面语中,更常用not very intelligent来描述一个人,这样更礼貌些。▸stupidity stjuːˈpɪdəti; NAmEstuːˈpɪdəti
noun
[uncountable] ◆He faked stupidity to try to escape punishment for the crime.他装傻以逃避因犯罪而受到的惩罚。▸stupidly
adverb
◆She stared stupidly at the screen.她傻愣愣地盯着屏幕。■dumbdʌm (especially NAmE, informal) stupid愚蠢的;笨的;傻的ⓘ It is not usually polite to call sb dumb, but it is not as offensive as stupid.说某人dumb通常是不礼貌的,但冒犯的意味没有stupid那么强◆If the police question you, act dumb(= pretend you do not know anything).如果警察盘问,你就装傻。◆She's going out with some dumb jock from her high school.她正和同一中学的某个蠢蛋运动员谈恋爱。◆ (offensive) His new girlfriend is a classic dumb blonde.他的新任女友是个典型的傻乎乎的金发女郎。OPPsmart,bright ⇨ intelligent■thick (BrE, informal) stupid愚蠢的;笨的;傻的ⓘ It is not polite to call sb thick.说某人thick是不礼貌的◆Are you thick or what?你是傻呀还是怎么啦?◆I'm not completely thick, you know.你知道,我还没有傻到家。Unlike with stupid, people do not usually use thick about themselves.与stupid不同的是,人们通常不用thick来形容自己◆I felt completely thick.■obtuseəbˈtjuːs; NAmEəbˈtuːs (formal) slow or unwilling to understand sth迟钝的;愚蠢的;不愿理解的◆Are you being deliberately obtuse?你是不是故意装傻?ⓘ If you say that sb is being obtuse it often suggests that you think they are deliberately pretending not to understand sth.说某人obtuse常表示说话者认为他们是故意装傻。