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拙笨的人;(尤指)迟钝的学生
Poor John Duns Scotus … The followers of Scottish theologian and scholar Duns were considered enemies of learning by 16th-century humanists and reformers, who referred to them as ‘dunces’. So if classroom or scholarly foolishness is the sticking point, then dunceis the right word for you.
可怜的约翰·邓·司各脱……16世纪的人文主义者和改革者把苏格兰神学家和学者邓的追随者视为学习的敌人,因而称他们为“dunces”。所以,如果蠢笨的行为发生在教室或学术环境下,你可以用“dunce”。
例句:
I was a dunce at chemistry.
我在化学方面是个劣等生。
ignoramus
无知的人
‘Ignoramus’ was the endorsement given by a grand jury when they consideredthe prosecution’s evidence for an indictment not sufficient to warrant the casegoing forward. The modern sense of ignoramus may come from the name of acharacter in George Ruggle’s 1615 comedy Ignoramus, which satirizes theignorance of lawyers.
历史上,“ignoramus”是大陪审团认为检方起诉证据不足、案件无法往前推进时使用的措辞。这个词的现代意义可能来自George Ruggle1615年的喜剧“无知(Ignoramus)”,该剧讽刺了律师的无知。
例句:
I'm a complete ignoramus where computers are concerned.
在电脑方面,我完全是个门外汉。
傻瓜,笨蛋
Not only foolish, but also dull! Dullard comes from the Middle Dutch word dullaert, from dul(‘dull’).
不仅是愚蠢的,还是无聊的!Dullard来自公元1100–1500年的荷兰语dullaert,从dul演变而来的。
例句:
In this well-educated family, Darwin was considered to be rather dull. At one time his school headmaster called him a dullard.
在这个很有文化涵养的家庭里,达尔文被看成是相当地迟钝。有一次,他的校长称他是笨蛋。
笨蛋,傻瓜
Australian NZ informal A stupid or incompetent person.A loanword from Malagasy, this Australian and New Zealand English word refers either to a variety of songbird or to a stupid or incompetent person. The latter meaning is reputed to come from the name of an Australian racehorse of the 1920s that consistently finished last or near last in races.
这个词是从马尔加什语借来的外来词,在今天的澳大利亚和新西兰用得较多,泛指各类夜莺,也指愚蠢或不称职的人。后一个意思据说是来自上个世纪20年代澳大利亚的一匹赛马的名字,这匹赛马总是在比赛中获得倒数一、二名。
例句:
Mary: I suppose. I wouldn't want people to think I'm a drongo or something.
玛莉:我猜也是,我可不想让人觉得我很笨还是什么的。
粗笨的人,笨手笨脚的人;傻瓜
From the Yiddish word klots, meaning‘wooden block’, klutz refers to someone who is clumsy, awkward, orfoolish.
来自从意第绪语中的单词klots(意为“木块”)。Klutz 指某人笨手笨脚、笨拙的、尴尬的,或愚蠢
例句:
I know you're a klutz, but I love you anyway.
我知道你是个傻瓜,但是那无所谓,我还是爱你的。
笨蛋,傻瓜
The OED puts it best: ‘A wooden head, a wooden block for hats or wigs; hence, a head with no more intelligence in it than one of these, a blockish head’. Ouch.
牛津英语词典说得最好:“木头,木头做的帽子或假发;因此,指没有比这个木制品聪明多少的脑袋。” 哎哟。
例句:
Sure, he might really be a blockhead!
的确如此,他真是一个笨蛋!
笨蛋,傻瓜
Blockhead is only the tip of the icebergwhen it comes to ‘head’ name-calling. There’s also the wonderful-soundingdunderhead, and a score of others, including chucklehead, knucklehead,muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, airhead, and pinhead.
当用“head(头)”骂人时,“Blockhead”只是冰山一角。还有听起来更精彩的dunderhead,和其他一些词,包括chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead,airhead, pinhead……(东方君想说:请自行查字典吧,或者都不要查了,都是傻瓜、笨蛋的意思)
笨蛋,傻瓜
This term, which comes from the simplecombination of dumb + o, was popularized in the 1950s by the Disney film Dumbo.Poor cartoon elephants!
这个词来源于dumb(哑巴)+ o的简单组合,于20世纪50年代迪士尼的电影《小飞象》之后流行开来。可怜的卡通大象!
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