核心畫面

A way to picture it: someone acting without stopping to think first — not because they can't think, but because in that moment they didn't. Sometimes that means a bad decision; sometimes it just means looking silly in front of other people.

一個人做了一件「事後回頭看,明明可以想清楚卻沒想」的事。fool 是傻子,foolish 就是帶著那個傻子的味道:不更多收起一個人做了一件「事後回頭看,明明可以想清楚卻沒想」的事。fool 是傻子,foolish 就是帶著那個傻子的味道:不是笨到學不會,而是在那個當下沒有把腦袋用上——沒有先想一下這樣做會怎樣。這個畫面有兩個方向:一是後果面的傻(做了會出事的決定),二是場面上的傻(當著別人的面顯得很蠢),中文的「傻」剛好也同時裝得下這兩層。

Two branches

沒想清楚(判斷上的傻)

核心畫面裡「沒先想後果」的那一面,落在決定、說法、計畫上。

not sensible · adjective · B2

Not sensible, and showing that someone was not thinking carefully about what could happen. Used about the things people do and say — an action, a remark, a choice or a plan.

愚蠢的;不明智的

在人前顯得傻

同一個「傻」的畫面轉向旁人的眼睛:不是後果有多糟,而是當下在別人面前的樣子。

looking silly · adjective · B2

Behaving in a silly way, or seeming silly to the people who can see you. Often used about how someone looks or feels in a moment in front of others.

傻的;出糗的

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

foolishlyadv/ˈfuːlɪʃli/

  • 1

    In a foolish manner.

    • He dressed foolishly to entertain the children.
    • I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural aukwardness.
  • 2

    Without good judgment.

    • Foolishly, he had decided that, because a home was the best investment, two homes were even better.
    • Now Mr. Bush plans to pour more arms into this unstable region and add fuel to the volatile powderkeg he has foolishly created.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。