1. 傻的，糊涂的　 having or showing a lack of good sense and judgment; foolish; not serious or sensible
2. P 不省人事的，失去知觉的　 unable to think or feel clearly; senseless

　～ little boy　傻小子
　～ advice　糊涂的意见
　～ idea　愚蠢的看法
　～ mistakes　愚蠢的错误
　～ question　愚蠢的问题
　～ reason　可笑的理由
　～ remarks　憨话
　～ to say that　那样说真蠢
　～ to trust sb　相信…真傻
　look ～　看上去很傻
　～ about　在…方面愚蠢的
　～ of you　你真傻

　She is a silly young girl who doesn't know her own mind.　她是一个没有主见的傻姑娘。
　Ask a silly question and get a silly answer.　问得傻，答得蠢。
　That's the silliest idea I've ever heard!　那是我所听到过最愚蠢的想法。
　Your silly remarks are a reflection on your common sense.　你讲的这番蠢话会使人认为你连起码的常识都没有。
　We could not conceive that they would do such a silly thing.　我们不能想象他们竟会干这种傻事。
　You're nearly twenty, yet you keep saying silly things like that. It's time you cut your eyeteeth.　你已经快二十岁了，还老是说出那样傻乎乎的话来，该是懂事的时候了。
　Progressing to your next point, I think we may safely forget such a silly idea.　倘若我们转入你的下一个论点，我想我们会把这样一个愚蠢的看法抛在脑后的。
　I had a bellyful of your silly advice.　你的糊涂意见我实在听够了。
　That silly woman gushed over every new actress that she met.　那个可笑的女人热情地称赞每一位她所遇到的新来的女演员。
　You can't be excused for such a silly reason.　不能因为这样一个可笑的理由而原谅你。
　That one silly error reflects upon his integrity as a solicitor.　那个唯一可笑的错误使这个律师名誉扫地。

　Don't be silly!　别傻了！
　The book's title is silly, but it was really a serious study.　书的名字尽管是可笑的，但那的确是本严肃的作品。

　I was silly to go out in the cold without a coat.　我真傻，大冷天没穿外套就出门了。

　It's silly to spend money just to keep up appearances.　仅仅为了撑面子而那样花钱是愚蠢的。
　I think we'd be silly to fly in the face of public opinion.　我认为我们悍然无视舆论是愚蠢的。
　It was silly of you to trust him.　你居然相信他，真傻。

　I took a swing at him and knocked him silly.　我挥拳打了他一下，把他打得晕头转向。
　After-dinner speeches bore me silly.　宴会后的演讲使我非常厌烦。
　Her husband often drinks himself silly.　她丈夫经常喝酒喝得醉醺醺的。

 ♣ play silly beggars
　非常愚蠢；有意使麻烦　behave in a foolish manner, or deliberately annoy
　Stop playing silly beggars and give me my pen back.　不要干这蠢事了，把钢笔还给我。
　My solicitor has still not returned the contract; I wish she would stop playing silly beggars and get on with it.　我的律师还未将合同还给我，我希望她不要有意拖延，尽快将这事办好。

 ♣ silly, absurd, fatuous, foolish, ridiculous, stupid
　参见absurd条。

　你犯这样的错误，真太糊涂了。
　［误］ It was silly for you to make such a mistake.
　［正］ It was silly of you to make such a mistake.
　［析］ silly常用于It is/was silly of sb to-v的结构中，表示“做…的事的人是很傻的”。在这种句型中，不能用介词for代替of引出逻辑主语。

　silly　在非正式语体中可作名词，意思是“傻瓜，笨蛋”。例如：
　No, silly, I didn't mean that!　不，傻瓜，我不是那个意思！

　［派生词］ silliness n.糊涂，可笑
　［同义词］ childish, foolish, stupid
　［反义词］ rational, sensible, smart, wise
　［词源］　古英语sælig（幸福，快乐） <中古英语sely（天真的，可怜的）