| 单词 | foolproof |
| 释义 | foolproof (once / 25364 pages) adjv When something is bound to work out, you can call it foolproof. Your foolproof plan for having a great summer might involve spending lots of time at the beach. If your dog tends to wander and can also jump six feet in the air, a foolproof plan for keeping her in your yard might involve an eight foot fence. You can also use foolproof as a verb: "I'm going to foolproof the instructions for heating up your dinner, so that no one sets the stove on fire this time." Foolproof is an early twentieth century American English word that combines fool, or "silly person" and proof, "resistant." WORD FAMILYfoolproof USAGE EXAMPLESOf course, the courier system Trump suggests is hardly foolproof, either. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Although no foolproof test exists, Taubes insists that if sugar were absent in our diet, we’d see far less occurrence of these related diseases. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) But for works created by Ailey himself, tattoo coverage is mandatory, and the fabric sleeve is not foolproof. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj not liable to failure a foolproof identification system Syn unfailing infallible incapable of failure or error 2v proof against human misuse or error foolproof this appliance Syn|Hyper goof-proof, goofproof proof make resistant (to harm) |
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