词汇精选:fool的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
愚蠢的;傻的
例句:
You were fool enough to rent that house.
你租那栋房子真是够傻的了。
例句:
I was fool enough to believe him.
我竟然相信他,真够傻的了。
n.
愚人,傻瓜;受骗者 [C]
例句:
Do you take me for a fool?
你是不是把我当傻瓜?
例句:
He'd been a fool to get involved with her!
他竟然跟她扯到了一起,真是傻瓜!
v.
愚弄,欺骗;戏弄 [I,T]
例句:
Tom fooled a lot of people into believing him.
汤姆骗得很多人相信他。
例句:
She fooled the old man out of all his money.
她骗走了老人所有的钱。
开玩笑 [I]
例句:
He was only fooling.
他只是在开玩笑。
例句:
John was always fooling during lessons.
约翰总是在课堂上开玩笑。
;游手好闲 [I,T]
例句:
You were fool enough to rent that house.
你租那栋房子真是够傻的了。
例句:
When I was young I used to fool away the summer holidays.
当我年轻时我总是浪费了暑假。
二、词义辨析:
cheat,deceive,trick,fool
这些动词均含有“欺骗”之意。cheat普通用词,指用蒙蔽他人的手段取得所需之物,尤多指在赢利的买卖中欺骗人。deceive最普通用词,指用虚假外表使人信以为真,或蓄意歪曲事实,或造成错误印象使人上当受骗。trick指用阴谋诡计等骗得信任或得到所需之物。fool指把别人当傻瓜,愚弄欺骗别人。
三、相关短语:
fool around
胡闹,瞎弄;鬼混,无所事事
fool away
v.浪费,虚度
fool's gold
n<美>.黄铁矿,黄铜矿
fool's errand
n.徒劳无功的工作
fool's paradise
n. 虚幻的乐境,幻想
april fool
n.愚人节中受愚弄者,愚弄的行为
四、参考例句:
He is no fool.
他绝不是一个傻瓜。
A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
(谚)到了四十岁还不懂得生活的人,就真的是一个愚人。
He's an absolute fool!
他是个十足的傻瓜!
Seriously? Don't fool me!
真的吗?不要骗我!
What a fool you are!
你真是个傻瓜!
Fool always rush to the fore.
傻瓜冲在前,笨蛋打头阵。
Don't try to fool me.
别想着糊弄我。
you can't play fool with me.
你戏弄不了我。
Don't be such a fool!
别这么傻了!
I was fool enough to believe him.
我竟然相信他,真够傻的了。