the fooling of sb/sth
用 of 引出被愚弄的对象，前面通常加定冠词 the，语气偏正式。
The fooling of the audience went on far too long.
对观众的愚弄持续得太久了。
愚蠢行为；胡闹；愚弄
愚蠢的行为；戏弄；开玩笑的言行；戏谑
愚蠢的行为；戏弄
The act of one who fools; foolish behaviour.
His constant fooling annoyed everyone at the meeting.
他不断的戏谑行为让会议上的每个人都感到恼火。
用法提示：fooling在此作名词，指开玩笑的言行，作主语。
Stop all this fooling and get back to work.
停止所有这些戏谑，回去工作。
用法提示：fooling作名词，指戏谑行为，作宾语。
There was too much fooling during the rehearsal.
排练期间开玩笑的言行太多了。
用法提示：fooling作名词，指开玩笑的言行，作主语。
用 of 引出被愚弄的对象，前面通常加定冠词 the，语气偏正式。
The fooling of the audience went on far too long.
对观众的愚弄持续得太久了。
用 kind of、sort of 等量词短语修饰，指某一类愚蠢行为。
This kind of fooling is not funny anymore.
这种胡闹已经不好笑了。
固定说法，用来命令对方停止胡闹，常单独使用或后接破折号引出下文。
Enough fooling—let's get back to work.
别胡闹了——我们回去干活吧。
grammar · medium
易错句子He fooling around in the classroom when the teacher came in.
正确表达He was fooling around in the classroom when the teacher came in.
现在进行时（或过去进行时）必须由 be 动词加 -ing 形式构成；fooling 只是 -ing 分词，不能单独作谓语，所以要在前面补上 was。
grammar · medium
易错句子I'm looking forward to fool around with my cousins this summer.
正确表达I'm looking forward to fooling around with my cousins this summer.
look forward to 里的 to 是介词，不是不定式符号，介词后面要接名词或动名词；动词原形 fool 应改为动名词 fooling。
grammar · medium
易错句子Stop to fool around and finish your homework.
正确表达Stop fooling around and finish your homework.
stop doing sth 表示“停止正在做的事”，这里要用动名词 fooling；stop to do sth 意为“停下来去做另一件事”，与想表达的“别再胡闹”不符。
foolery 指具体、常带滑稽或荒唐色彩的胡闹举动，多作可数或不可数名词；fooling 更泛指“愚弄、戏耍”这一行为本身，且现代英语中很少单独作名词使用。
foolishness 强调缺乏判断力的“愚蠢”性质或状态，是常用抽象名词；fooling 指具体的戏弄行为，不表示智力上的愚笨。
fouling 是动词 foul 的名词形式，指弄脏、污染或体育中的犯规；与 fooling 拼写和读音接近，但词义与“愚弄”无关。
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