1. 意义：’follies’是复数形式的名词，意为愚蠢、荒谬、傻瓜行为等。它可以指个人的行动或决策，也可以指一个团体或国家的政策或制度。
例如：
- His latest business venture was one of the biggest follies of his career. (他最近的商业冒险是他职业生涯中最大的愚蠢行为之一。)
- The government’s military intervention in that country proved to be a costly folly. (在那个国家的军事干预被证明是一项代价高昂的傻瓜决策。)
2. 历史：’follies’还有另外一种意义，指的是建筑或景观中的荒唐、古怪或滑稽元素。这种建筑通常建于乡间或公园之中，是欧洲文化中的一种浪漫主义建筑风格。
例如：
- The English countryside is famous for its follies, which range from fake castles to giant teapots. (英格兰乡村因其种类繁多的古怪建筑而闻名，从仿制城堡到巨型茶壶不一而足。)
- The Folly of Youth, a replica Greek temple, was built in the 19th century and still stands in a park in downtown Toronto. (“青年的愚蠢”是一座19世纪的希腊神庙复制品，至今仍然矗立在多伦多市中心的一个公园里。)
3. 缩写：’follies’还可以作为缩写词，指女性器官的手术程序。这种手术通常用于治疗宫颈癌等妇科疾病。
例如：
- The doctor recommended that she undergo a hysterectomy and a follow-up procedure known as a ‘follies’. (医生建议她接受切除术以及一种称为“follies”的随访手术。)
- The patient experienced pain and discomfort for several days after the follies procedure but reported feeling better after a week. (患者在接受follies手术后数日内感到疼痛和不适，但一周后报告感觉好了许多。)
总结：
’follies’是一个多义词，可以表示愚蠢的行为、奇怪的建筑或景观、或者是妇科手术程序。以下是总结的5个中英例句：
- His latest business venture was one of the biggest follies of his career. (他最近的商业冒险是他职业生涯中最大的愚蠢行为之一。)
- The English countryside is famous for its follies, which range from fake castles to giant teapots. (英格兰乡村因其种类繁多的古怪建筑而闻名，从仿制城堡到巨型茶壶不一而足。)
- The doctor recommended that she undergo a hysterectomy and a follow-up procedure known as a ‘follies’. (医生建议她接受切除术以及一种称为“follies”的随访手术。)
- The Folly of Youth, a replica Greek temple, was built in the 19th century and still stands in a park in downtown Toronto. (“青年的愚蠢”是一座19世纪的希腊神庙复制品，至今仍然矗立在多伦多市中心的一个公园里。)
- The patient experienced pain and discomfort for several days after the follies procedure but reported feeling better after a week. (患者在接受follies手术后数日内感到疼痛和不适，但一周后报告感觉好了许多。)
follies的意思是“愚蠢的行为、荒唐、荒诞”，常指由轻率和无知所造成的错误。
中文翻译：愚蠢的行为、荒唐、荒诞
读音：[‘fɑli?z]
例句：
1. Her follies never cease to amaze me.
她的愚蠢行为令我始终惊叹不已。
2. The politician’s follies led to his downfall.
这位家的荒唐行为导致他的垮台。
3. The fashion industry is full of follies and excesses.
时尚界充满了荒诞和过度。
follies的意思是”罪恶、的复数形式”，其中文解释还有”时事讽刺剧”的意思，在线读音是[‘f?li:z]，follies常被用作名词，在《英国翻译词典》中，共找到98个与follies相关的例句。
1.罪恶
例句:A momentary hush; the orchestra leader varies his rhythm obligingly for her, and there is a burst of chatter as the erroneous news goes around that she is Gilda Gray’s understudy from the Follies. (短暂的安静；乐队指挥亲切地为她变换节奏，当她是吉尔达·格雷在《愚蠢》里的替补演员的错误消息传开时，大家议论纷纷。)
2.的复数形式
例句:In his previous work, “Dot. Con” , which came out in 2002, he chronicled the follies of the stockmarket bubble of the late 1990s. (在他的上一本作品，xx年出版的《互联网经济：非理性的繁荣》中，他以时间顺序记录了20世纪xx年代末期股市泡沫中出现的种种不靠谱。)
3.时事讽刺剧
例句:With your head now freshly crammed with the follies of the five sin-ettes, you’re probably wondering if there are any types out there that are worth pursuing. (在你的头脑已经被重新填充了这五种女人的种种不好后，你很可能想知道这世界上还有没有某种女孩是值得去追求的。)
follies一般作为名词使用，如在Ziegfeld Follies([网络] 齐格菲歌舞团；齐格飞富丽秀；齐格飞歌舞团)等常见短语中出现较多。
Ziegfeld Follies[网络] 齐格菲歌舞团；齐格飞富丽秀；齐格飞歌舞团1. With your head now freshly crammed with the follies of the five sin-ettes, you’re probably wondering if there are any types out there that are worth pursuing. (翻译:在你的头脑已经被重新填充了这五种女人的种种不好后，你很可能想知道这世界上还有没有某种女孩是值得去追求的。)
2. My darling, don’t torture me this way please tell me the follies of my way! (翻译:哦亲爱的 别再折磨我 请你告诉我 我做错了什么)
3. Doris Eaton Travis, the last surviving dancer from the Ziegfeld Follies troupe , has died in the US aged 106 . (翻译:齐格菲尔德福利斯剧团的最后一位活着的舞蹈演员多丽丝伊顿特拉维斯在美国去世，享年xx岁。)
4. But love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit. (翻译:但爱情是盲目的 爱人们是不会 看到自己做出的甜美的蠢事的)
5. Perkins said. It rallied because the federal government announced that it would rescue Wall Street from its own subprime follies, he said. (翻译:他说，高盛股价反弹是因为联邦宣布会拯救华尔街，为华尔街在次级抵押贷款的愚蠢投资买单。)
6. The concessions risk prolonging some follies. (翻译:这些让步将带来延长这出闹剧的危险。)
7. How I love to listen to men of distinguished lives, sing of past follies and glories. (翻译:我太喜欢听这些显贵 畅谈他们昔日的蠢行和荣耀了)
8. Volantis has known her share of follies, but she’s never suffered a boy triarch. (翻译:瓦兰提斯有着她一定比例的愚行，但是从未经历过男孩元老这种事。)
9. And there are a million reasons to fall in love with this language: its depth of poetics, its double entendres, its wax and gold, its humor, its proverbs that illuminate the wisdom and follies of life. (翻译:我有几百万个理由爱上这个语言： 它有诗意般的深度， 它有很多双关语， 它有宝贵的幽默气质， 它的谚语生动阐述了 生活中的智慧和愚昧。)
10. Based on the real-life career of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., “the Great Ziegfeld” followed the story of the Broadway pioneer as he staged his famous “Ziegfeld Follies.” (翻译:《歌舞大王齐格菲》以百老汇先驱齐格·菲尔德的真实职业生涯为题材，讲述了他筹划大名鼎鼎的“齐格菲歌舞团”的故事。)
11. Is it not in your memory that we, too, years ago suffered the follies and fevers of youth? (翻译:你还记得我们，同样，两年前… …寻迷在年青人的无知与狂热？)
12. General, other deserving artists committed the follies I did. (翻译:将军有许多杰出的艺术家 也犯过跟我同样的错误 并因此受到了惩罚)
13. Despite America’s many successes, the country is hardly immune from setbacks, follies, and boneheaded blunders. (翻译:尽管美国取得了许多成就，但这个国家很难对挫折、冥顽不灵和愚蠢的错误免疫。)
14. Always be ready to accept your mistakes. All great men are capable of doing that. Be the bigger man and apologise for your follies. (翻译:随时准备承认自己的错误。所有大人物都擅于此道。做有品行的人，为自己的愚蠢道歉吧。)
15. Ziegfeld’s great triumph, the Follies , came soon after. (翻译:齐格飞的大胜利，他很快就接着推出歌舞团表演。)
follies作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有0、folly/1、s/s、folliess等。
