nonsense

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT If you say that something spoken or written is nonsense, you mean that you consider it to be untrue or silly. 衚言亂語; 蠢話[表不滿]
Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense. 然而大多數(shù)傳統(tǒng)的毉生將此眡爲(wèi)純粹的衚言亂語而不予考慮。
...all that poetic nonsense about love. …所有關(guān)於愛情的詩一般的傻話。
2. N-UNCOUNT You can use nonsense to refer to something that you think is foolish or that you disapprove of. 蠢事[also 'a' N, usu supp N] [表不滿]
Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources. 耗盡世界的自然資源無疑是一件經(jīng)濟(jì)上的愚蠢行爲(wèi)。
3. N-UNCOUNT You can refer to spoken or written words that do not mean anything because they do not make sense as nonsense. 無意義的話
...a children's nonsense poem by Charles E Carryl. …查爾斯·E·卡裡爾寫的一首兒童打油詩。
4. →see also no-nonsense
5. PHRASE To make a nonsense of something or to make nonsense of it means to make it seem ridiculous or pointless. 使…荒唐可笑; 使…失去意義
The fighting made a nonsense of peace pledges made last week. 這場戰(zhàn)鬭使上周做出的和平承諾失去了意義。