a half-wit
half-wit 是可数名词,通常与不定冠词 a 连用。
He is a half-wit.
他是个笨蛋。
傻瓜;笨蛋;无能的人
弱智者;低能者;愚蠢或无能的人。;鲁钝者;愚蠢者;弱智者
a stupid or incompetent person
愚蠢或无能的人。
A stupid or inept person.
Don't be such a half-wit; you put the milk in the cupboard again.
别这么犯傻,你又把牛奶放进橱柜了。
用法提示:这里用名词 half-wit 指‘愚蠢的人’,表达责备。
Some half-wit left the front door unlocked all night.
某个笨蛋让前门整夜没锁。
用法提示:half-wit 作名词,指做了蠢事的人。
I felt like a half-wit when I couldn't figure out the simple puzzle.
我解不出那个简单的谜题时,觉得自己像个傻瓜。
用法提示:half-wit 作名词,形容自己一时很愚蠢。
half-wit 是可数名词,通常与不定冠词 a 连用。
He is a half-wit.
他是个笨蛋。
They are half-wits.
他们是笨蛋。
Don't call him a half-wit.
别叫他笨蛋。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a half-wit person.
正确表达He is a half-witted person.
half-wit 是名词,不能直接作定语修饰名词。应使用形容词形式 half-witted。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is half-wit.
正确表达He is a half-wit.
half-wit 是可数名词,单数形式前需要冠词 a。
half-wit 和 dimwit 都指愚蠢的人,但 half-wit 更正式且带有轻蔑含义,dimwit 更口语化。
half-wit 是名词指人,half-baked 是形容词指想法或计划不成熟。
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