et cetera, et cetera 英文人行道
Notes of a word-watcher, Hanching Chung. A first port of call for English learning.
2016年6月2日 星期四
boorish inanities more or less verbatim
When Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump, her speech gained much of its power by quoting the businessman’s boorish inanities more or less verbatim
boorish
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːrɪʃ/
/ˈbʊərɪʃ/
ADJECTIVE
Rough and bad-
mannered
;
coarse
:
boorish
behaviour
inanity
Pronunciation: /ɪˈnanɪti/
NOUN
(
plural
inanities
)
1
A
nonsensical
remark or action:
they
utter
whatever inanities will get them
elected
More example sentences
1.1
[
MASS NOUN
]
Lack of sense or meaning;
silliness
:
he
commented
on the
breathtaking
inanity of the board’s decision
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