fatuous
fatuous 英 [ˈfætʃuəs] 美 [ˈfætʃuəs]
adj. 愚笨的；昏庸的；发呆的；自满的
“It was a fatuous performance,” Alice said. “真是一场愚昧的演出。” 爱丽丝说。
The magazine editors are not wholly fatuous. I know that. “好了，可别那么愤世嫉俗，”马丁提出要求，“杂志编辑并非都那么昏庸，这我是知道的。
- Fatuous means lacking intelligence. When your mother outlaws calling your brother stupid, use fatuous instead.
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- adj. 愚笨的；昏庸的；发呆的；自满的
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1. “It was a fatuous performance,” Alice said.
“真是一场愚昧的演出。” 爱丽丝说。
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2. The magazine editors are not wholly fatuous. I know that.
“好了，可别那么愤世嫉俗，”马丁提出要求，“杂志编辑并非都那么昏庸，这我是知道的。
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3. The face of fatuous monarch, dark society, he chose seclusion.
面对昏庸的君主，黑暗的社会，他选择了隐居。
- fatuous (adj.) "foolish, stupid," 1530s, from Latin fatuus "foolish, insipid, silly;" which is of uncertain origin. Buck suggests originally "stricken" in the head. But de Vaan says from Proto-Italic *fatowo- "of speech," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say."
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