inane

英 [ɪˈneɪn]

美 [ɪˈneɪn]

adj.  愚蠢的; 无意义的

GRE

BNC.22250 / COCA.21653

牛津词典

adj.

• 愚蠢的；无意义的
  stupid or silly; with no meaning
  1. an inane remark
     无聊的话语

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 愚蠢的;傻的
  If you describe someone's behaviour or actions asinane, you think they are very silly or stupid.
  1. He always had this inane grin...
     他总是这样傻傻地咧嘴笑。
  2. She started asking me inane questions.
     她开始问我愚蠢的问题。

英英释义

adj

• devoid of intelligence
  Synonym:asininefatuousmindlessvacuous

双语例句

• Taken as a whole, Twitter is silly and inane because most of what goes on there is silly and inane.
  总的来说，Twitter颇为空虚无聊，因为上面的大部分活动都很空虚无聊。
• Turn off Push and Fetch and all the other emphatic verbs that bring inane Facebook updates and new e-mails to your attention like a cat proudly dropping an especially fresh rodent at your feet.
  就像一只猫自豪地把一只刚死的老鼠叼到你的脚边一样，关掉那些收发的信息以及其他所有会成为无意义的Facebook更新的微博语言，还有引起你的注意的电子邮件。
• Oil-rich Middle Eastern states, kingdoms and emirates are competing with China, while other countries keen to display newfound wealth have joined in this slightly inane numbers game.
  而石油储备丰富的中东国家正在与中国相互竞争，其他一些热衷于炫富的国家也加入了这场几乎毫无意义的竞争游戏。
• He always had this inane grin
  他总是这样傻傻地咧嘴笑。
• I don't know all that much about soccer, but I sure didn't waste any time asking Luca inane questions about what was going on in the game.
  我对足球所知甚少，但我并未浪费任何时间去询问卢卡，有关比赛进行当中的种种无聊问题。
• To have access to literature, world literature, was to escape the prison of national vanity, of philistinism, of compulsory provincialism, of inane schooling, of imperfect destinies and bad luck.
  接触文学，接触世界文学，不啻是逃出民族虚荣心的监狱、市侩的监狱、强迫性的地方主义监狱、愚蠢的学校教育的监狱、不完美的命运和怀运气的监狱。
• But even a flawed proposal is better than inane cries for leadership.
  不过，即便是一项有缺陷的建议也要强于对领导力的空洞呼唤。
• Even inane emails from friends get ignored when I'm busy, even though I send friends lots of silly emails!
  在我繁忙时，甚至把来自朋友的空洞无物的电子邮件都忽略掉，尽管我寄给了朋友们许多稀里糊涂的电子邮件！
• If it was inane, we would all recognise it.
  如果空洞无物，我们都会意识到。
• Despite such inane commentary in the press, she thrived, both in terms of professional reputation and financial success.
  这样空洞的新闻报道并没有妨碍西伯特在职业声誉和经济两方面都取得成功。