inane
inane 英 [ɪˈneɪn] 美 [ɪnˈen]
adj. 空洞的，空虚的；愚蠢的
- If something is inane, it's silly or senseless. If you just want to space out, you won't mind the inane chatter on TV, as long as it's on.
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- adj. 空洞的，空虚的；愚蠢的
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1. “You want me to do what– skip lunch? Are you kidding?” Missing lunch to complete some inane pet project for my manager was physically upsetting.
“你想让我干什么？不吃午饭？开玩笑吧？” 不吃饭也完成我项目经理的某些愚蠢的宠物项目令人沮丧。
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2. And what makes it historical is that it's stupid and splendid by virtue of its design—because Hey, you might say, Email is full of inane bullshit too.
而令它青史留名的正是其本身傻瓜式但杰出的设计——因为嘿，你可能要说，电子邮件同样充满了空洞的废话。
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3. Regardless, ending this inane practice could save a lot of precious electricity.
管他呢，消除这种愚蠢的行为可以节省很多宝贵的电力。
- inane (adj.) 1660s, "empty, void," from Latin inanis or else a back-formation from inanity (q.v.). Sense of "silly, empty-headed" is from 1819. Related: Inanely. Bailey's Dictionary (1731) has inaniloquent "given to empty talk."
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