fool

/fuːl/ n. / v.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6
一句话记住

傻瓜；蠢人；欺骗；愚弄

释义与例句

n. 傻瓜；蠢人
a person who behaves in a silly or unwise way
  1. I felt a complete fool when I realised I had been talking to the wrong person.
    意识到自己一直认错了说话对象，我觉得自己简直是个十足的傻瓜。
  2. Don't be a fool; check the contract before you sign it.
    别犯傻，签合同之前先核对一下。
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  1. Only a fool would invest all his savings in a scheme he did not understand.
    只有傻瓜才会把全部积蓄投进自己都不了解的项目。
v. 欺骗；愚弄
to trick someone into believing something that is not true
  1. The forged signature was good enough to fool an inexperienced cashier.
    这个伪造的签名足以骗过没有经验的收银员。
  2. Investors were fooled into believing that the returns were guaranteed.
    投资者被骗，以为收益是有保证的。
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  1. You cannot fool me with such an obvious excuse.
    这么明显的借口骗不了我。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 make a fool of oneself 是“自己出丑”；make a fool of sb 是“捉弄某人使其出丑”，宾语不同，意思也不同。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • foolish 愚蠢的；不明智的
    形容词，既可描述人的行为，也可描述决定、想法等缺乏判断力。
  • foolishness 愚蠢；愚昧行为
    不可数名词，指缺乏判断力或不明智的行为、想法。
同义词
  • deceive 欺骗；误导
    fool 作动词较口语化，表示使人相信假事，常用 fool sb into doing sth；deceive 更正式，可用于较严重或持续的欺骗，也可用于被动结构。fool 还能作名词“傻瓜”，deceive 只作动词。
    The company deceived customers about the true cost of the service. 该公司在服务的实际费用上欺骗了顾客。
常见搭配
  • make a fool of oneself 出丑；闹笑话
    He was worried about making a fool of himself during his first speech. 他担心第一次演讲时会出丑。
  • fool somebody into doing something 骗某人做某事
    The caller fooled her into revealing her bank details. 来电者骗她说出了银行资料。
  • fool around 胡闹；瞎混
    Stop fooling around and help me carry these boxes upstairs. 别胡闹了，帮我把这些箱子搬上楼。