foolish是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 愚笨的， 愚蠢的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- What is the foolish girl about?'
-- 'I have always thought it a very foolish intimacy,' said Mr. Knightley presently, 'though I have kept my thoughts to myself; but I now perceive that it will be a very unfortu-nate one for Harriet.
-- Surprizes are foolish things.
-- 'Ah!that ball! why did we wait for any thing? why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness de-stroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! You told us it would be so. Oh!Miss Woodhouse, why are you always so right?'
-- From Harriet's happening not to be at Hartfield, and her father's being pres-ent to engage Mr. Elton, she had a quarter of an hour of the lady's conversation to herself, and could composedly attend to her; and the quarter of an hour quite convinced her that Mrs. Elton was a vain woman, extremely well satisfied with herself, and thinking much of her own importance; that she meant to shine and be very superior, but with manners 328 Emmawhich had been formed in a bad school, pert and familiar; that all her notions were drawn from one set of people, and one style of living; that if not foolish she was ignorant, and that her society would certainly do Mr. Elton no good.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "You should, I think, have considered, and not have been so foolish as to leave the slides closed."
-- A more foolish remark was never made, and I want you to contradict it: that's what I came for."
-- Still, there might have been some self-conceit in my foolish supposition the other night.
-- You may think a man foolish to want a mere word just a good morning.
-- "Well what a thing!How very foolish of you not to know that I had taken the trap and horse.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was happy, pleasantly excited over the prospect of spending the day shouting about the Yankees and the war,and proud of his three pretty daughters in their bright spreading hoop skirts beneath foolish little lace parasols.
-- Scarlett had frequently used the same trick herself when discussingother girls with men, and it had never failed to convince foolish males of her sweetness and unselfishness.
-- She disliked the stiff-necked India and the foolish prattling Honey and knew they disliked her equally, but shecould not stay away from them.
-- She had no memory for names, dates orplaces and frequently confused the actors in one Atlanta drama with the actors in another, which misled no one for noone was foolish enough to take seriously anything she said.
-- Besides, the tone of the letter vaguely depressed her with its foolish talk of defeat.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So suddenly and smartly did he do this, that we all stopped in our foolish contention.
-- I made a foolish pretence of not at first recognizing it, and then told her.
-- "Pip," said Estella, casting her glance over the room, "don't be foolish about its effect on you.
-- When I had got into bed, and lay there footsore, weary, and wretched, I found that I could no more close my own eyes than I could close the eyes of this foolish Argus.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 219THE QUEEN BEE wo kings' sons once upon a time went into the world Tto seek their fortunes; but they soon fell into a wasteful foolish way of living, so that they could not return home again.
-- 'Enough of your foolish chatter,' said the waggoner.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And if it be found that these nurses ever presume to entertain the girls with frightful or foolish stories, or the common follies practised by cham-bermaids among us, they are publicly whipped thrice about the city, imprisoned for a year, and banished for life to the most desolate part of the country.
-- But I had soon reason to repent those foolish words: for that malicious reprobate, having often endeavoured in vain to persuade both the cap-tains that I might be thrown into the sea (which they would not yield to, after the promise made me that I should not die), however, prevailed so far, as to have a punishment in-flicted on me, worse, in all human appearance, than death itself.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then they pressed about her, and bent over her in very natural attitudes, kissing and embracing her: and brought the children to take leave of her; and were a tender-hearted, simple, foolish set of women altogether.
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