nonsense
UK/'nɒnsәns/US
TOEFL四级六级考研B1
释义
n.
Spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense
胡说，废话；无意义的话
n.
Foolish or unacceptable behaviour
荒唐的言行；胡闹
词根拆分
词根派生non-不，非
+
senseroot
=nonsense
non-（不）+ sense（意义）=「无意义」。字面就是没有任何「sense（意义）」的东西——你无法理解的话或行为。引申到「荒唐言行」很自然：说不通的行为就是你不会容忍的行为（I won't have any nonsense 我不容许胡闹）。
常用搭配
- 1.talk nonsense说废话
- 2.complete nonsense彻头彻尾的胡说
- 3.utter nonsense完全是胡话
- 4.make a nonsense of使…变得毫无意义
- 5.stuff and nonsense一派胡言
例句
- 1.
Stop talking nonsense and tell me what really happened.
别说废话了，告诉我到底发生了什么。
- 2.
The teacher won't put up with any nonsense in class.
老师在课上不会容忍任何胡闹。
- 3.
It's nonsense to say that money guarantees happiness.
说金钱必然带来幸福是无稽之谈。