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

• 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。
• The uniform ones are the confused and inane eyes and not sexy lips smeared with the same red lipstick.
  始终如一的是迷惘空洞的大眼睛和涂抹着橙红色的不算性感的小嘴儿。
• 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。
• He always had this inane grin
  他总是这样傻傻地咧嘴笑。
• She started asking me inane questions.
  她开始问我愚蠢的问题。
• 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。
• Nor does media coverage that focuses on whose commercials are moving polling points and who performed well in the last inane debate.
  所谓谁的竞选广告改变了民调的得分，或在上一次泛泛而谈的辩论中谁表现得不错，这些媒体的新闻报道，也无济于事。
• Why on earth do our minds conjure up such ridiculous imagery, such inane thoughts, such spectacularly vivid and surreal landscapes, intense emotions& such narrative trash?
  到底为什么我们的大脑会虚构出如此荒唐的幻象，如此毫无意义的意象，如此精细逼真、超现实的景色，以及强烈的情感&如此无聊的一段段故事碎片？
• There has been almost no discussion of foreign affairs – apart from the nationalists 'inane refrain that a morally superior Scotland will not have to join in illegal wars.
  除了民族主义者愚蠢的老生常谈（诸如拥有道德优越性的苏格兰将不必参加非法战争等等）之外，几乎没人讨论外部事务。
• 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。