nonsense
n
1 [U] meaningless words 无意义的词语
jumble up the words in a sentence to produce nonsense 打乱句子的词序而失去意义
This so-called translation is pure nonsense. 这种所谓的翻译纯粹一窍不通.
2
(a) [U, sing]
foolish talk,ideas, etc 胡说; 废话; 荒唐念头; 糊涂想法
You're talking nonsense! 你胡说八道!
`I won't go.' `Nonsense! You must go!' `我不去.'`胡说! 你必须去!'
This discovery makes
(a) nonsense of (ie clearly disproves) previous theories. 这一发现证明了过去的理论不能成立.
(b) [U] foolish or unacceptable behaviour 愚蠢的行为; 胡闹
Stop that nonsense, children, and get into bed! 别胡闹了, 孩子们, 都睡觉去!
He won't stand any nonsense from the staff. 他决不容忍员工胡作非为.
3 (idm 习语) stuff and nonsense => stuff1.
And I can't find her passport anywhere. So she must have taken that too.
而且我在哪都找不到她的护照,所以她一定也带去了。
I must always keep on trying to do my best.
我必须始终继续作出最大的努力。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.