| 单词 | asinine |
| 释义 | asinine (once / 19865 pages) adj If you want to call someone a jerk while sounding smart yourself, asinine is your go-to word. Asinine derives from the Latin asinus. Guess what that means? Bonus: Asinine takes stupid up a notch. There's someone so delightful in the double-edged quality of asinine behavior. Talking trash about your boss is stupid. Talking trash about your boss in an email they're cc'd on...that's asinine. WORD FAMILYasinine: asininely, asininity+/asininity: asininities USAGE EXAMPLES“I think it’s a bit asinine to not require that on school buses,” she said. Seattle Times(Nov 22, 2016) Ten days later, Mr. Tensing was indicted on murder charges as the Hamilton County prosecutor, Joseph T. Deters, called the episode a “senseless, asinine shooting.” New York Times(Nov 12, 2016) Deters, when announcing the indictment last year, called Tensing’s decision to shoot “asinine” and “senseless” after a “chicken-crap” traffic stop. Time(Nov 12, 2016) adj devoid of intelligence Syn fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous foolish devoid of good sense or judgment |
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