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be an idiot
常用结构，表示贬低他人的愚蠢行为。
He is an idiot.
他是个白痴。
白痴；傻瓜；笨蛋
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
白痴；傻瓜；笨蛋
a person of very low intelligence; a very stupid person
He is an idiot.
他是个白痴。
智力低下的人
a person of subnormal intelligence
He called me an idiot just because I asked a question.
他仅仅因为我问了一个问题就管我叫笨蛋。
Only idiots would pay so much for such a cheap pair of shoes.
只有傻瓜才会为这么一双便宜的鞋付这么多钱。
I felt like an idiot when I forgot my mother's birthday.
我忘了妈妈的生日时，觉得自己像个大傻瓜。
常用结构，表示贬低他人的愚蠢行为。
He is an idiot.
他是个白痴。
用于表示行为愚蠢。
Don't act like an idiot.
别像白痴一样行事。
强调使自己显得愚蠢。
He made an idiot of himself at the party.
他在派对上出丑了。
Not this
He is idiot.
Use this
He is an idiot.
Idiot是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词a/an。
Not this
That is very idiot.
Use this
That is very idiotic.
Idiot是名词，不能用very修饰；应使用形容词idiotic。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
十足的傻瓜
He's a complete idiot for driving without a license.
他无证驾驶，真是个十足的傻瓜。
彻头彻尾的白痴
I felt like a total idiot when I forgot her name.
我忘了她的名字，感觉自己像个彻头彻尾的白痴。
彻底的蠢货
Only an utter idiot would leave the keys in the car.
只有彻底的蠢货才会把钥匙留在车里。
出丑；使自己难堪
I made an idiot of myself at the party by spilling wine on the host.
我在聚会上把酒洒在了主人身上，出了丑。
觉得自己像个傻瓜
After asking the same question twice, I felt like an idiot.
问了同一个问题两次后，我觉得自己像个傻瓜。
看起来像个白痴
She looked like an idiot wearing that huge hat.
她戴那顶大帽子，看起来像个白痴。
出丑，做蠢事
He made an idiot of himself at the party by telling inappropriate jokes.
他在聚会上讲不合时宜的笑话，让自己出丑了。
装傻
Don't play the idiot with me; I know you understand what I'm saying.
别跟我装傻，我知道你明白我在说什么。
电视（贬称）
He spends all day staring at the idiot box instead of doing something productive.
他整天盯着电视，而不是做一些有意义的事情。
我不是白痴。我是一个受过良好教育的人。
Michael Scott once said, 'I am not an idiot. I am a well-educated man.'
迈克尔·斯科特曾说过，'我不是白痴。我是一个受过良好教育的人。'
你是个白痴，迈克尔。
Jim often says to Michael, 'You're an idiot, Michael.'
吉姆经常对迈克尔说，'你是个白痴，迈克尔。'
Use idiot naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
发音像“一低特”，想象一个白痴总是低头，显得智力低
通常用作侮辱性称呼，非常不正式，常见于口语和网络用语中。
No words perfectly rhyme with 'idiot'. 'idiom', 'idiotic', and 'idiocy' share the spelling and initial sound 'idi-' but have different endings. 'pilot', 'carrot', and 'merit' share the '-ot' or '-it' ending spelling but sound different.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.