1untrue/stupid 不真实的/愚蠢的UNTRUE [singular, uncountableU] ideas, opinions, statements etc that are not true or that seem very stupid 荒谬的想法[看法];胡说,废话SYN British English rubbish
‘I’m a prisoner in my own home.’ ‘Nonsense!’
“我在自己家里就像个囚犯。”“胡说!”
absolute/utter/complete nonsense
‘Nobody cares about me.’ ‘That’s absolute nonsense, Mary!’
“没人关心我。”“玛丽,你这完全是胡扯!”
nonsense about
all this nonsense about health foods
有关健康食品的一派胡言
If you ask me, these modern teaching methods are a load of nonsense (=a lot of nonsense).
要我说,这些现代教学方法全是一派胡言。
He was talking utter nonsense as usual.
他像平常一样又在胡说八道了。
be a nonsenseBritish EnglishBrE
The government’s housing policy is a nonsense.
政府的住房政策太荒谬了。
By 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense.
到了1832年,那种观点已经成为经济学的谬论。
it is (a) nonsense to do something
It is nonsense to say that mistakes are never made.
从来不犯错误这种说法真荒唐。
2annoying behaviour 令人不快的行为STUPID/NOT SENSIBLE [uncountableU]behaviour that is stupid and annoying 愚蠢的行为;胡闹
You’re to stop that nonsense, do you hear me?
你不能再那样胡闹了,听见没有?
not stand/put up with/take any nonsense (=not accept such behaviour) 不允许胡闹
She won’t stand any nonsense from the kids in her class.
她不允许孩子们在她的课上胡闹。
3without meaning 毫无意义的CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND# [uncountableU]speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood 无意义的话[字句]
Computer programs look like complete nonsense to me.
对我来说,计算机程序就好像是天书,不知所云。
4make (a) nonsense of somethingBritish EnglishBrEMEANING# to make an action, system, or plan useless or ineffective 使某事物失去作用[意义]
Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year’s elections.
军队继续掌权使得去年的选举失去了意义。
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make (a) nonsense of something• Besides, the advent of a NationalLottery next year could make a nonsense of the strategy's premises about funding.• It is just electricity that makes a nonsense ofnaturaldesign.• However, this makes nonsense of the notion of having word unitsstored at this level.• They omitted from their calculations two factors which were to make a nonsense of their plans.• How it rained in Arbroath; trying to see through curtains of falling water makes a nonsense of note-taking.• A voice which ordered the clocks back, which made a nonsense of time.• Actions in nuisance, if successful, would make a nonsense of the whole scheme.
5.nonsense poems/verse/rhymesALpoetry that is humorous because it does not have a sensible meaning 打油诗
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nonsense poems/verse/rhymes• Which artist was famous for his nonsense rhymes? 09.
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
complete/total nonsense
Most of what has been written on this subject is complete nonsense.
utter/absolute nonsense (=complete nonsense)
He said that the charges against him were absolute nonsense.
verbs
talk nonsense
That's not true - he's talking nonsense!
believe this/that nonsense
Don’t tell me you believe all this nonsense about ghosts!
phrases
that's nonsense (=used to emphasize that something is not true)
That’s nonsense. I never said that at all.
a load of nonsense informal (=things that are completely untrue)
What she told you was a load of nonsense. Mark doesn’t drink at all.
a lot of nonsense (=things that are completely untrue)
‘Don’t fill her head with a lot of nonsense, ’ said her mother.
stuff and nonsense old-fashioned (=nonsense)
When asked what he thought of astrology, he replied, 'Stuff and nonsense!'
absolute/utter/complete nonsense• The Commission's proposals on beef are absolute nonsense.• Statement E: Racism as rationalself interest I think that's absolute nonsense.• That's absolute nonsense, James.• Time-travellers? Utter nonsense, surely?• Still, he posed several questions that he said proved the plaintiffs' case was utter nonsense.
stop ... nonsense• I thought I'd put a stop to this nonsense!• The master put a stop to the nonsense the moment he walked in.• Poltoo, kindlystop this nonsenseStraightaway!• Could you pleasestop this nonsense?