nonsense
n
1 [U] meaningless words 無(wú)意義的詞語(yǔ)
jumble up the words in a sentence to produce nonsense 打亂句子的詞序而失去意義
This so-called translation is pure nonsense. 這種所謂的翻譯純粹一竅不通.
2
(a) [U, sing]
foolish talk,ideas, etc 胡說(shuō); 廢話(huà); 荒唐念頭; 糊涂想法
You're talking nonsense! 你胡說(shuō)八道!
`I won't go.' `Nonsense! You must go!' `我不去.'`胡說(shuō)! 你必須去!'
This discovery makes
(a) nonsense of (ie clearly disproves) previous theories. 這一發(fā)現(xiàn)證明了過(guò)去的理論不能成立.
(b) [U] foolish or unacceptable behaviour 愚蠢的行為; 胡鬧
Stop that nonsense, children, and get into bed! 別胡鬧了, 孩子們, 都睡覺(jué)去!
He won't stand any nonsense from the staff. 他決不容忍員工胡作非為.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) stuff and nonsense => stuff1.
It's nothing serious. I think you've been very fortunate. Have you ever used the hot-cloth-and-frozen-peas treatment?
不要緊。我認(rèn)為你非常幸運(yùn)了。你用過(guò)熱布---凍豌豆療法嗎?
For example, you might pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip into it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is tasting.