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non.senseH5nBn7s[nts, $5nB:n7sentsnan idea, something said or written, or behaviour which is foolish or ridiculous胡说; 废话He said that the report was nonsense and nothing but a waste of paper. [U]他说报告废话连篇，只不过是浪废纸张。Those accusations are (absolute/complete/mere/utter) nonsense. [U]那些指责（绝对/完全/只不过/全然）是胡说八道。"It won't be ready for another week." "Nonsense!/Don't talk nonsense! I was promised it would be ready today." [U] “再过一星期也办不好。”“胡说！你们答应过我今天办妥的。”She's been very ill so don't upset her with your nonsense about her returning to work! [U]她病得这么厉害，你不要用那些关于她恢复工作的胡言乱语来烦她。It's nonsense to say that he's too old for the job. [U + to infinitive]说他老得不能胜任工作是一派胡言。It is a nonsense to suggest that four murders taking place in the same area within a month are not related. [C + to infinitive]认为一个月内在同一地区发生的四件凶杀案相互没有关系真是胡说八道。What's all this nonsense (= foolish or bad behaviour)? [U]所有这些蠢事是什么意思?Nonsense is also language which cannot be understood because it does not mean anything.（因无意义而）难懂的语言The translation of the instructions was so poor they were just nonsense. [U]说明书翻译得这么差，简直是不知所云。(Br and Aus) To make (a) nonsense of something is to make it appear ridiculous or wrong or to spoil it.使…混乱不堪His repeated lack of promotion makes nonsense of the theory that if you work hard you'll be successful.他屡屡得不到晋升搅乱了‘工作努力就会获得成功’的理论。The players made such a nonsense (of it) (= played so badly) that they lost the game.球员们打得那么差劲，结果输了比赛。If someone won't stand any nonsense/ (Br also) stands no nonsense, they will not accept bad or foolish behaviour.忍受不了胡闹The new teacher won't stand any nonsense.新教师忍受不了胡作非为。Nonsense verse/rhymes/poems are poems which use words a writer has invented to express unusual or amusing ideas.荒诞诗，打油诗，朦胧诗'Brillig'is a made-up word used in a piece of nonsense verse by Lewis Carroll.Brillig是刘易斯·卡洛尔的一首荒诞诗中生造出来的词。Nonsense words/syllables seem like words or parts of words but do not exist in the language.似是而非的词或音节The child repeated the nonsense syllables 'boo di doo doo?孩子重复着似是而非的音节‘波地多多’。
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