asinine
asinine 英 [ˈæsɪnaɪn] 美 [ˈæsəˌnaɪn]
adj. 驴的；愚蠢的，固执的；驴子似的
名词复数:asinines
- If you want to call someone foolish while sounding smart yourself, the adjective asinine is your go-to word.
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- adj. 驴的；愚蠢的，固执的；驴子似的
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1. His famously asinine question about wives and servants was asked rhetorically and with utter sincerity.
他用他著名的愚蠢关于妻子和仆人关系的问题执意修辞学和真心诚意。
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2. Sorry America, but the downgrade is just the latest development in this asinine game of chicken that Congress is playing to decide the White House in 2012.
很不幸，评级下调只是这个愚蠢至极的老鹰捉小鸡游戏的最新进展。 美国国会正在玩这个游戏，以在2012年对白宫做出“判决”。
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3. On March 13th the chairman of Wells Fargo, America’s fourth-biggest bank, called the Treasury’s ongoing stress test for banks, with its glacial timetable, “asinine”.
3月13日，美国第四大银行Wells Fargo的主席称财政部正对银行进行的有着刻板时间表的压力测试是愚蠢的。
- asinine (adj.) c. 1600, "obstinate, stupid, offensively silly," from Latin asininus "stupid," literally "like an ass," from asinus "ass," also "dolt, blockhead" (see ass (n.1)). The literal sense in English is recorded from 1620s. Related: Asininity.
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