- 1有勇無謀的、魯莽的
If you are foolhardy, you take risks that are stupid and not needed. This is not a kind word for brave. A brave person faces danger for a reason; a foolhardy person rushes in without thinking, and often the danger helps nobody. You can call a person foolhardy, and also a plan, a decision, or an attempt. It is a little formal — you meet it in news, school writing, and warnings more than in casual chat. People sometimes use it with a half-smile about themselves, after they have already done the silly thing.
組成From Old French fol hardi, “foolishly bold”: fol (foolish) + hardi (hardy — tough and bold). English still reads it as fool + hardy. The fool piece goes back to Latin follis, a bellows or a bag of air (the bag you squeeze to blow on a fire) — the picture is someone puffed up and empty-headed. Hardy goes back to a Germanic word for “hard” and “brave”.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
foolhardyadj/ˈfuːlhɑːdi/
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Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
- The master's pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this fool-hardy boy had lost his mind.
- In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland; nearer in, a scattering of paddlers was being continually and, it seemed, happily engulfed by explosive waves.
foolhardynoun/ˈfuːlhɑːdi/
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A person who is foolhardy.
- Resentful of the saddle-fast stranger, eight foolhardies return for more adventure.
- Some foolhardies in the schoolhouse laughed at him then and Griff stuck their heads into toilets, one by one over the next week.
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