1 ADJ-GRADED 糊涂的;头脑迟钝的;愚蠢的 If you say that someone or something is stupid, you mean that they show a lack of good judgment or intelligence and they are not at all sensible. 糊涂的;头脑迟钝的;愚蠢的
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I'll never do anything so stupid again.
我再也不会做这种傻事了。
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I made a stupid mistake.
我犯了个愚蠢的错误。
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Your father wouldn't have asked such a stupid question.
你父亲不会问这么愚蠢的问题。
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If you give him half a chance he can make you look stupid.
如果你给他半点机会，他就会极力愚弄你，让你出丑。
2 ADJ-GRADED 讨厌的;恼人的;无足轻重的 You say that something is stupid to indicate that you do not like it or care about it, or that it annoys you. 讨厌的;恼人的;无足轻重的 [disapproval]
SYN silly, foolish, daft [informal] , rash
Quotations
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood Samuel Johnson The Idler
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand Cardinal De Retz Mémoires
He's so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time (often euphemistically `walk and chew gum') Lyndon B Johnson (of Gerald Ford)
UsageWord PartnershipWord Link
| Usage | stupid and ignorant |
| Be careful not to confuse stupid and ignorant. A stupid person isn't intelligent or sensible; an ignorant person doesn't know something but can be both intelligent and sensible nevertheless: When Dayani first went to the United States, she was ignorant about many ordinary things, such as how to have electricity turned on in her apartment; her neighbours thought she was stupid and were very surprised to find out she was studying to be a doctor. |
| Word Partnership | Use stupid with: |
| VERB. | (don't) do anything/something stupid, feel stupid, look stupid 1 think something is stupid 1 2 |
| N. | stupid idea, stupid man, stupid mistake, stupid people, stupid question 1 stupid things 1 2 |
| Word Link | stup ≈ amazement : stupefy, stupendous, stupid |
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