| 单词 | inane |
| 释义 | inane (ɪneɪn ) adjective If you describe someone's behaviour or actions as inane, you think they are very silly or stupid. [disapproval] He always had this inane grin. She started asking me inane questions. Synonyms: senseless, stupid, silly, empty inanely adverb [ADVERB after verb] He lurched through the bar, grinning inanely. inanity (ɪnænɪti ) uncountable noun ...the inanity of the conversation. [+ of] Synonyms: senselessness, bêtise [rare], folly, emptiness Collocations: inane comment Did she really need to be there at all to make the occasional inane comment? Times, Sunday Times Then, some pest went up to him and opened the conversation with an inane comment about the warm weather. Globe and Mail Why do we have to put up with the inane comments from the commentators? Times, Sunday Times He swooped around the set like a trapped bat making inane comments. Times, Sunday Times Why, though, do they insult the viewers with truly inane questions in the quiz? Times, Sunday Times He says journalists find him prickly because most of them ask inane questions such as what's his favourite vegetable. Times, Sunday Times He leaves the studio, flashbulbs pop, a gaggle of entertainment reporters fires inane questions. Times, Sunday Times Instead of complete works, we were shown detached movements performed on a garishly lit platform surrounded by distracting close-up screens, and between items inane questions were put to audience members. Times, Sunday Times Reduced to asking inane questions in boring game. Times, Sunday Times |
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