| 单词 | nonsense |
| 释义 | nonsense (nɒnsəns ) Word forms: nonsenses 1. uncountable noun B2 If you say that something spoken or written is nonsense, you mean that you consider it to be untrue or silly. [disapproval] Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense. ...all that poetic nonsense about love. 'I'm putting on weight.'—'Nonsense my dear.' Synonyms: rubbish, hot air [informal], waffle [informal, mainly British], twaddle 2. variable noun [oft a NOUN] B2 You can use nonsense to refer to something that you think is foolish or that you disapprove of. [disapproval] Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources. I think there is a limit to how much of this nonsense people are going to put up with. Synonyms: idiocy, folly, stupidity, absurdity 3. uncountable noun You can refer to spoken or written words that do not mean anything because they do not make sense as nonsense. ...a children's nonsense poem by Charles E Carryl. 4. See also no-nonsense 5. make a nonsense of sth phrase To make a nonsense of something or to make nonsense of it means to make it seem ridiculous or pointless. The fighting made a nonsense of the peace pledges made last week. It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country. Collocations: complete nonsense Like so much written about international law, it is complete nonsense. The Sun (2016) That figure is complete nonsense. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They are talking complete nonsense. The Sun (2012) Just nonsense to make them shout and scream. Times, Sunday Times But to set a specific spending target was 'just nonsense'. The Sun It's just nonsense all game long, trying to get players sent off, asking for fouls, penalties. Times, Sunday Times Critics have argued, though, that many of the signs were just nonsense, or standard chimp gestures overinterpreted by the researchers. Times, Sunday Times It's just nonsense, some of it. The Sun But, blimey, what a load of nonsense it was. Times, Sunday Times One of the great casts of all time taking very seriously a load of nonsense. Times, Sunday Times Load of nonsense talked about respect for local culture, in my view. Times,Sunday Times One analyst, however, dismissed the rumour as 'a load of nonsense'. Times, Sunday Times He has denied the charges, dismissing them as 'a load of nonsense'. Times, Sunday Times There was a bit about a cat and it was sheer nonsense. Times, Sunday Times The accents are all over the place, the plot sheer nonsense, but the scenery looks impressive. Times, Sunday Times He described them as 'sheer nonsense but fun and positive' and saw them as presenting happy fantasies. Times, Sunday Times Moreover, very little care seems to have been exercised over the actual printing, for passages of sheer nonsense abound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The verbal humour usually consists of long rants, in which internal inconsistencies, puns and sheer nonsense are cleverly interspersed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What happens when you hear your co-commentators spout nonsense? Times, Sunday Times Sometimes he spouts nonsense that has got nothing to do with classical literature at all. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly given to spouting nonsense, he seems to work backwards through the stages of maturation. The Times Literary Supplement And yet already the usual suspects from the liberal elite are clambering on board, wringing their hands and spouting nonsense. The Sun Many of these 'therapists' are, at best, spouting nonsense and, at worst, peddling snake-oil. The Sun Stop this nonsense and use the scientists and engineers for the development and production of renewable energy sources. ST One way to stop this nonsense - refuse to buy the pay-per-view. The Sun Let's hope the changes being brought in later this year stop this nonsense. The Sun We should really stop this nonsense. Times, Sunday Times In the last game, in there with the last chance, he resolved to take it, break serve and stop this nonsense right then and there. Times, Sunday Times It shows that people are recognising that hairdressers aren't just fluffy and stand behind the chair and talk nonsense all day. Times, Sunday Times In particular, they talk nonsense about the glum moods it prefers and the grim ambition of its symbolism. Times,Sunday Times Guys on dates don't just talk nonsense, they sound like 'a bunch of ransom notes cut out of random magazines'. Times, Sunday Times They may talk nonsense (they often do) and may accuse you of things you haven't done - but hey, that's the joy of phone-ins. Times, Sunday Times It's also common to kick your legs and thrash your arms when going to sleep, or to talk nonsense or sleepwalk. The Sun I'm not interested in any of this rubbish about mind games because it's total nonsense. The Sun It was 'total nonsense and untrue', he said. Times, Sunday Times He calls his 90-day suspension 'total nonsense'. Times, Sunday Times And we know this to be, if not actually a total nonsense, then an endlessly recessive and ultimately exhausting argument in the making. Times, Sunday Times Or he would have, if they were not total nonsense. Times, Sunday Times I can't justify sending my usual nonsense by mail. The Sun I mean, more than my usual nonsense. Times, Sunday Times It also produced the usual nonsense, of the kind that says that if you cannot forecast next year how can you forecast for 15 years? Times, Sunday Times There is more utter nonsense talked about what we should and shouldn't eat than almost anything else. The Sun (2011) I think it is complete and utter nonsense! Times, Sunday Times (2015) The idea in this new study that you can't be overweight and fit is utter nonsense. The Sun (2015) Translations: Chinese: 胡说 Japanese: ナンセンス |
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