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| 1 | singular/U ideas, behaviour , or statements that are not true or sensible 愚蠢的想法；胡闹；胡说 |
| So you believe the nonsense about ghosts? 那么你相信有关鬼神的胡说八道啰？ |
| it is nonsense to do sth It is nonsense to say that they’ re not paid enough. 说他们没有得到足够的报酬，那真是荒谬。 |
| it is nonsense for sb to do sth It is nonsense for her to say you’ re not qualified. 她说你不能胜任，那是胡扯。 |
| absolute/utter/complete/total nonsense These accusations are absolute nonsense. 这些指控纯属胡说。 |
| a load of nonsense That’ s a load of nonsense. 真是胡说八道。 |
| talk nonsense I think he was talking nonsense! 我认为他在胡扯！ |
| | 1a | to make something seem unreasonable 使荒谬；搅乱 | | They omitted one factor that would make a nonsense of their plans. 他们忽略了一个会搅乱他们计划的因素。 | |
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| 2 | U unreasonable or annoying behaviour 冒失的行为 |
| Come on, no nonsense, put that coat on and don’ t argue. 得了，别胡来，穿上那件外套，不要再争了。 |
| not stand/put up with/take (any) nonsense I don’ t stand any nonsense from anybody. 我不能忍受任何人胡来。 |
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| 3 | only before noun nonsense words or sounds seem like ordinary words but they have no meaning 无意义的话 |
| a nonsense poem 一首毫无意义的诗 |
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