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ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym rubbish (3)谬论;胡扯;胡言乱语 Reports that he has resigned are nonsense. 有关他已经辞职的报道是无稽之谈。 You're talking nonsense! 你在胡说八道! ‘I won't go.’ ‘Nonsense! You must go!’ “我不想去。” “胡扯!你一定得去!” It's nonsense to say they don't care. 说他们不在意那是瞎扯。 The idea is an economic nonsense. 这种观点是经济学上的谬论。 Ministers have dismissed the rumours of a bribery scandal as nonsense. 部长们认为贿赂丑闻的谣言是无稽之谈。
Extra ExamplesMost of his theories are arrant nonsense. 他的大多数理论都是胡说八道。 People are talking a lot of nonsense about him being the new Michael Jordan. 人们说他是新一代迈克尔・乔丹,净是胡说八道。 What's all this nonsense about you giving up your job? 这些关于你要辞职的胡扯到底是怎么回事? You don't believe that superstitious nonsense, do you? 你不相信那些迷信的无稽之谈,是吧? ‘I heard he's resigning.’ ‘That's nonsense.’ “我听说他要辞职。”“无稽之谈。” How can you believe such nonsense? 你怎么能相信这种无稽之谈?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- arrant
- complete
- …
- spout
- talk
- put up with
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- nonsense about
- a load of nonsense
- a lot of nonsense
- make a nonsense of something
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spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense 毫无意义的话;没有意义的文章 a book of children’s nonsense poems 一本儿童胡话诗集 Most of the translation he did for me was complete nonsense. 他给我做的大多数译文完全不知所云。 The whole article seemed like complete nonsense to me. 在我看来,整篇文章完全是胡说八道。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- arrant
- complete
- …
- spout
- talk
- put up with
- …
- nonsense about
- a load of nonsense
- a lot of nonsense
- make a nonsense of something
- …
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silly or unacceptable behaviour 愚蠢的行为;冒失;不可接受的行为 The new teacher won't stand for any nonsense. 这位新教师不会容忍任何无礼行为。 I can't wait for this nonsense to end so that we can all be friends again. 我迫不及待地想结束这种胡言乱语,这样我们就能再次成为朋友。
Extra ExamplesI'm not going to stand any more of this nonsense. 我不想再听到这样的胡言乱语了。 Just stop this nonsense of refusing to talk to anybody. 不要再做这种拒绝与人说话的傻事了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- arrant
- complete
- …
- spout
- talk
- put up with
- …
- nonsense about
- a load of nonsense
- a lot of nonsense
- make a nonsense of something
- …
Idioms
make (a) nonsense of something
to reduce the value of something by a lot; to make something seem silly 使…的价值大打折扣;使…显得荒诞
stuff and nonsense
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used to say that something is stupid or not true 废话;胡说八道