silly
adjective /ˈsɪli/
/ˈsɪli/
(comparative sillier, superlative silliest)
Idioms synonym foolish愚蠢的;不明事理的;没头脑的;傻的 - a silly idea/question/name
愚蠢的想法/问题/名字 - That was a silly thing to do!
那事做得蠢! - It sounds silly, I know, but think about it.
听起来很傻,我知道,但是想想。 - Her work is full of silly mistakes.
她满篇都是愚蠢的错误。 - ‘I can walk home.’ ‘Don't be silly—it's much too far!’
“我可以走回家去。” “别犯傻了,远得很哪!” - The answers they give are plain silly.
他们给出的答案很愚蠢。 - You silly boy!
你这傻小子! - it is silly to do something It would have been silly to pretend that I wasn't upset.
假装我不难过是愚蠢的。 - it is silly of somebody to do something It would be silly of me to say no.
我拒绝是愚蠢的。 - How silly of me to expect them to help!
我指望他们帮忙真是够傻的!
- a silly idea/question/name
synonym ridiculous(尤指像小孩一样)可笑的,荒唐的,冒傻气的 - a silly sense of humour
可笑的幽默感 - a silly game
可笑的游戏 - He would never dance in case he looked silly.
他不会跳舞,以防自己看起来很傻。 - I feel silly in these clothes.
穿上这些衣服,我觉得很可笑。 - She had a silly grin on her face.
她一脸憨笑。 - This is getting silly! I think we had all better calm down.
这越来越荒唐了!我想我们最好都冷静一下。
- a silly sense of humour
不实用的;闹着玩的 - We had to wear these silly little hats.
我们不得不戴这些傻里傻气的小帽子。 - Why worry about a silly thing like that?
干吗为那种无谓的事发愁啊?
- We had to wear these silly little hats.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘deserving of pity or sympathy’): alteration of dialect seely ‘happy’, later ‘innocent, feeble’, from a West Germanic base meaning ‘luck, happiness’. The sense ‘foolish’ developed via the stages ‘feeble’ and ‘unsophisticated, ignorant’.
Idioms
bored stiff/silly | bored to death/tears | bored out of your mind
- (informal) extremely bored
(尤指像小孩一样)可笑的,荒唐的,冒傻气的 - I remember being bored stiff during my entire time at school.
我记得整个学校生活使人厌烦得要命。 - She enjoys it. Everyone else is bored silly.
她很享受。其他人都无聊傻了。 - He walked along, bored out of his mind.
他一路走着,心烦意乱。 - She was alone all day and bored to death.
她整天自己一个人待着,无聊得要死。
- You must be bored stiff stuck at home all day.
整天困在家里你一定闷坏了。 - Personally, I was bored to death.
个人觉得无聊死了。
- I remember being bored stiff during my entire time at school.
drink, laugh, shout, etc. yourself silly
- (informal) to drink, laugh, shout, etc. so much that you cannot behave in a sensible way
喝(或笑、叫等)得傻里傻气的
play (silly) games (with somebody)
- not to treat a situation seriously, especially in order to cheat somebody
(与某人)耍花招,玩鬼把戏 - Don't play silly games with me; I know you did it.
别跟我兜圈子,我知道是你干的。
- Don't play silly games with me; I know you did it.
play silly buggers
- (British English, informal) to behave in a stupid and annoying way
胡闹;顽皮;做怪样子 - Stop playing silly buggers and give me a hand with this!
别玩傻瓜机了,帮我一把!
- Stop playing silly buggers and give me a hand with this!