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fool PERSONfU:ln [C]a person who behaves in a silly way without thinking蠢人，傻瓜，笨蛋I wouldn't bother asking Jake's opinion -- he's such a fool.我不会征求杰科的意见的----他是个实足的蠢货。You fool, you've missed your chance now. [as form of address]傻瓜，你已经失去这个机会了。He's a fool if he thinks she still loves him.他如认为她还爱他，那他就是个笨蛋。He's a fool to think she still loves him. [+ to infinitive]他是个笨蛋，居然认为她还爱他。He's fool enough to think she still loves him. [+ to infinitive]他真是够蠢的，居然认为她还爱他。My fool of a (=My silly) husband has gone out and taken my keys!我那笨蛋丈夫已经出去了，还带走了我的钥匙!In the past, a fool was a person who was employed in the court of a king or queen to make them laugh by telling jokes and doing amusing things.(过去为宫廷里雇佣供娱乐的)弄臣，小丑Someone who acts / plays the fool is behaving in a silly way, often intentionally to make people laugh.装滑稽，逗人笑Stop acting the fool, I'm trying to talk to you.别再装傻了，我要和你说正事。Any fool means anyone.任何人Any fool could tell that she was only joking.谁都知道她只是在开玩笑。To make a fool of someone is to trick them or make them appear stupid in some way.愚弄某人If you make a fool of yourself, you do something that makes other people think you are silly or not to be respected.因干蠢事而出丑I told him I loved him -- I've made a dreadful fool of myself.我告诉他说我爱他----我可真是丢尽丑了。(esp. Br) If you say more fool you to someone, you mean that you think they are being unwise.你那样真傻"I lent Rhoda $100 and she hasn't paid me back. " "More fool you -- you know what she's like!"“我借罗达100美元，她还没还我。”“你可真傻----你知道她是怎么样一个人!”Someone who is no / no one's / nobody's fool is not easily deceived.并不傻，不受人愚弄You'll never get the teacher to believe that you did your essay but lost it -- he's no fool.你永远别想让老师相信你写了论文但丢了----他可并不傻。A fool's errand is a useless effort.徒劳无益的差事It's a fool's errand trying to get Lena to join in anything.想叫列娜参加什么活动，那是件徒劳无益的事。Fool's gold is a MINERAL that is found in rocks and looks like gold but is worthless.愚人金(指黄铁矿、黄铜矿)(fig.) He thought he'd found a sure scheme to make money but it turned out to be fool's gold (=to be unsuccessful).他以为发现了个肯定赚钱的计划，结果是痴人作梦。If someone is living in a fool's paradise, they are happy and are not aware of how bad or serious their situation really is.虚幻的幸福"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" (from the poem An Essay in Criticism by Alexander Pope, 1711)“天使怕涉足的地方傻瓜闯了进来.”(摘自1711年亚力山大·蒲柏诗《论批评》)(saying)"A fool and his money are soon parted"蠢人不聚财。
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