fatuous
英 ['f?tj??s]
美['f?t?u?s]
- adj. 愚笨的；昏庸的；發(fā)呆的；自滿的
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詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?fatuously;
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【記】fat + tu 音：土→又肥又土→愚昧形象
中文詞源
fatuous 愚蠢的
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)fatuus, 愚蠢的，無(wú)味的?？赡苓M(jìn)一步來(lái)自PIE*bhat, 擊，打，詞源同beat, batten. 委婉語(yǔ)，腦子出問(wèn)題的。
英文詞源
- fatuous
- fatuous: see fade
- fatuous (adj.)
- "foolish, stupid," 1530s, from Latin fatuus "foolish, insipid, silly;" which is of uncertain origin. Buck suggests originally "stricken" in the head. But de Vaan says from Proto-Italic *fatowo- "of speech," from the PIE root of fame (n.).
[I]f we connect the fact that Fatuus is said to be an alternative name for Faunus, and that he predicted the future, and that this god is attested on an Etruscan mirror as Fatuvs in a clear oracular function (Weiss 2007b), we may venture a derivation from forfor 'to say' (Untermann 2000). The name of the god would then have come to be used pejoratively as 'silly'. [de Vaan]
Related: Fatuously; fatuousness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Chief was left speechless by this fatuous remark.
- 這句傻話讓主任一時(shí)說(shuō)不出話來(lái)。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. What a fatuous remark!
- 多么愚蠢的話 呀 !
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- 3. Why did the fatuous King send him into exile?
- 昏庸的楚王為什么把屈原流放了?
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- 4. Television commercials seem more smug and fatuous than ever.
- 電視的廣告似乎比以前更沾沾自喜和愚蠢.
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- 5. He seems to take pride in fatuous remarks.
- 說(shuō)起這番蠢話來(lái),他似乎還挺得意.
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