橘子朗文词典

harebrained

H 开头单词专八核心词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈheə.breɪnd]
  • 美式音标 [ˈher.breɪnd]
  • 国际音标 ['hεəbreind]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.愚蠢的；荒唐的；欠考虑的

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The first use of harebrained dates to 1548.
    Harebrained的用法最初见于1548年。
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  • While hairbrained continues to be used, it should be avoided in favor of harebrained which has been established as the correct spelling.
    虽然hairbrained还在继续使用，但是，既然harebrained是最初的正确拼法，我们就应该避免这种混淆使用的情况。
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  • I suspect that one day they will say that the EU's unforgivable crime was to take their idealism and hope and throw them away for the sake of a harebrained currency experiment.
    我怀疑有一天他们会说，欧盟犯下了不可饶恕的罪行：先是利用他们的希望和理想，然后又把它们弃置一旁，而这一切只是为了一个愚蠢的货币试验。

    • 权威例句

  • Ford attacked the idea in the New Hampshire primary as harebrained and utterly unrealistic.
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  • Arda instantly fumed with fury, describing her daughter's plan as a harebrained ruse.
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  • President Obama is rightly fingered for the ongoing turmoil, but lest we forget, Senator McCain espoused several harebrained solutions too.
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词组短语

    短语

  • Harebrained Mother 粗心妈妈
  • harebrained scheme 轻率的计画
  • Harebrained Schemes 游戏制作
  • Harebrained Holdings 游戏发行;发行商
  • Harebrained Idea 轻率想法

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (of plans or people) not practical or silly

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • You use harebrained to describe a scheme or theory which you consider to be very foolish and which you think is unlikely to be successful or true.