inane

英 [ɪˈneɪn]

美 [ɪˈneɪn]

adj.  愚蠢的; 无意义的

GRE

BNC.22250 / COCA.21653

牛津词典

adj.

• 愚蠢的；无意义的
  stupid or silly; with no meaning
  1. an inane remark
     无聊的话语

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 愚蠢的;傻的
  If you describe someone's behaviour or actions asinane, you think they are very silly or stupid.
  1. He always had this inane grin...
     他总是这样傻傻地咧嘴笑。
  2. She started asking me inane questions.
     她开始问我愚蠢的问题。

英英释义

adj

• devoid of intelligence
  Synonym:asininefatuousmindlessvacuous

双语例句

• Taken as a whole, Twitter is silly and inane because most of what goes on there is silly and inane.
  总的来说，Twitter颇为空虚无聊，因为上面的大部分活动都很空虚无聊。
• But amidst the endless screams and inane babble, they discerned two words.
  但是在它的痛苦的哀嚎声中，他们听出了两个字。
• Even inane emails from friends get ignored when I'm busy, even though I send friends lots of silly emails!
  在我繁忙时，甚至把来自朋友的空洞无物的电子邮件都忽略掉，尽管我寄给了朋友们许多稀里糊涂的电子邮件！
• The uniform ones are the confused and inane eyes and not sexy lips smeared with the same red lipstick.
  始终如一的是迷惘空洞的大眼睛和涂抹着橙红色的不算性感的小嘴儿。
• To have access to literature, world literature, was to escape the prison of national vanity, of philistinism, of compulsory provincialism, of inane schooling, of imperfect destinies and bad luck.
  接触文学，接触世界文学，不啻是逃出民族虚荣心的监狱、市侩的监狱、强迫性的地方主义监狱、愚蠢的学校教育的监狱、不完美的命运和怀运气的监狱。
• These inane literary works have no affinity to the masses.
  这些文学作品空洞无物，丝毫没有人民性。
• I don't know all that much about soccer, but I sure didn't waste any time asking Luca inane questions about what was going on in the game.
  我对足球所知甚少，但我并未浪费任何时间去询问卢卡，有关比赛进行当中的种种无聊问题。
• It is good that I am too sophisticated to be rattled by your inane comments.
  我太乱了，不能说很多你的瞎想，这是好事。
• An inane remark, question, etc
  无聊的言语、问题等
• If it was inane, we would all recognise it.
  如果空洞无物，我们都会意识到。