Our folly has undone us.

我们的愚蠢把我们毁了。

But when they cannot do so, yet wish to do so by any means, then there is folly and blame.

但是，如果他们的能力有所不及，却千方百计硬是要这样干的话，那么，这就是错误而且要受到非难。

He was wild enough and obstinate enough to commit any folly when a woman he loved was in the case.

他本来就不顾一切，执迷不悟，一个女人合了他的意，他什么傻事也干得出。

There is no surer mark of folly, than an attempt to correct the natural infirmities of those we love.

世上没有比企图去矫正我们所爱慕的人的天生的缺陷更显得愚蠢的了。

It was devotion-it was passion-it was all sorts of fondness and folly.

1这是一种献身精神，一种激情，是那形形色色的喜爱和迷恋。

He was so well acquainted with the turf, the gambling-table, the cockpit, and every worse rendezvous of folly and dissipation.

他一直在赛马场、赌桌、斗鸡场以及浪荡挥霍的场所厮混。

But Fowler's point is worth heeding: Beware the folly of the false scent.

但是福勒的一点是值得你的注意：谨防假语气。

'No! ' he said, a little sullenly, but stoutly; 'I'm NOT sorry. And it wasn't folly at all! It was simply glorious! '

“不！”他脸色阴沉但气壮如牛地说，“我不遗憾。那根本就不是什么胡闹！那是光荣的！”

If the president used force, would history call it courage or folly?

如果总统使用武力，历史称之为勇气或多麽愚蠢吗？

Because the young crazy to love delude one to folly, or love the feeling of waiting?

是因为年少的疯狂才爱着如痴如醉，还是爱上了等待的感觉？

To turn his head and look at her would have been inconceivable folly.

现在再回过头来看她，未免太愚蠢了。

He gave his students no vision to fight for--only only the prospect of joining him in the ranks of the all-knowing witnesses to human folly.

他没有给他的学生们任何值得努力的东西–只能是和他一样，加入某些无所不知的见证人行列，来一起见证人类的愚蠢。

Not until the dramatic end does the obsessive Nicholson recognize the folly of assisting the enemy in war and destroy the bridge.

直到戏剧的最后执着的尼科尔森才意识到在战争中帮助敌人是多么愚蠢，然后毁掉了这座桥。

The museum now sits forlornly in an empty development, a symbol of architectural achievement as well as the folly of ambition.

现在这座博物馆凄凉地躺在开发区，只是一个建筑成就和雄心壮志的象征。

It would indeed be folly for large chunks of the world economy to embark on an immediate and draconian set of budget cuts.

一大部分世界经济体马上着手实施一系列残酷的预算削减着实愚蠢。

Rich in oil and conservative in outlook, its rulers have viewed Dubai's penchant for frolic and folly with distaste and occasional envy.

阿布扎比石油储量丰富，观点较为保守，其统治者认为迪拜的做法愚蠢且没有品位、偶尔还有些嫉妒之情。