witless

英 [ˈwɪtləs]

美 [ˈwɪtləs]

adj.  愚蠢的; 不明事理的

BNC.33344 / COCA.27838

习惯用语

adj.

be scared/bored witless
• 被吓破了胆；乏味得要命
  to be extremely frightened or bored

牛津词典

adj.

• 愚蠢的；不明事理的
  silly or stupid; not sensible

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 愚蠢的;笨的;傻的
  If you describe something or someone aswitless, you mean that they are very foolish or stupid.
  1. ...a witless, nasty piece of journalism.
     极为肤浅、令人作呕的新闻报道

英英释义

adj

• (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
  Synonym:nitwittedsenselesssoft-witted

双语例句

• Witnesses of the event are justifiably scared witless but none of them flee the scene instead choosing to stay and see what unfolds next.
  按说事件的目击者们被吓坏了，然而他们中却没有任何人逃离现场，人人都选择留下想看看接下来会发生什么。
• One day, this witless gentleman got a rather strange idea.
  有一天，这位有勇无谋的绅士产生了一个非常古怪的念头。
• Less deficit hawks than deficit lemmings, they seem perfectly prepared to bring the nation over the precipice in pursuit of spending cuts that would scare most Americans witless.
  茶党与其说是主张削减赤字的鹰派，不如说是从众的旅鼠派：为了追求削减开支，他们似乎不惜将美国带下悬崖&这会吓坏大多数不明事理的美国人。
• 'But do let her go, Jacky,' coaxed his poor witless wife.
  不过还是让她去吧，杰克，可怜的傻乎乎的妻子劝着丈夫说。
• I felt an unreasonable hatred for that witless woman.
  我对那个不明事理的女人憎恨至极。
• You need to worry when companies write witless things and hand them to their customers.
  当公司写下愚蠢的东西并把它交到客户手中时，你应该感到担忧。
• The film looks set for disaster, with a witless script, bad direction and poor acting.
  这部影片看来肯定是彻底失败，它的脚本呆板，导演差劲，表演拙劣。
• You already know the answer: if everyone else is sitting at their desks bored witless, pretending to work, the etiquette demands that you do so too.
  你已经知道答案了：如果别人都坐在桌子边，无聊地发呆，假装在工作，常规要求你也这样做。