follies是什麽意思

follies

英 ['fɒliːz]

n. 罪惡；時事諷刺劇（folly的複數形式）

英文詞源

follies (n.): "glamorous theatrical revue with lots of pretty girls," 1880, from French folies (mid-19c.), from folie (see folly), probably in its sense of "extravagance" (compare extravaganza).

雙語例句

1. She's 87 years old, and a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies.: 她現年87歲，曾經是齊格菲爾時事諷刺劇團的成員之一。

2. He has given up youthful follies.: 他不再做年輕人的荒唐事了.

3. The writings of Swift mocked the follies of his age.: 斯威夫特的作品嘲弄了他那個時代的愚人.

4. To get back one's youth, one has merely to repeat one's follies.: 想恢複青春, 隻要重犯舊過就行.

5. The follies of youth are food for repentance in old age.: 〔諺語〕年輕時胡鬧,年老時煩惱.

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