idiocy
/ˈɪdɪəsɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)[mass noun]
- extremely stupid behaviour蠢行, 愚蠢表现:
the idiocy of decimating yew forests
大量砍伐紫杉林的蠢行
count noun every aspect of public administration throws up its own idiocies.公共管理的各个方面都凸现其自身的愚蠢。
词源
early 16th cent. (originally denoting low intelligence): from IDIOT, probably on the pattern of pairs such as lunatic, lunacy.