dumbness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdʌm.nəs/ us/ˈdʌm.nəs/
(BEING STUPID)
informal愚蠢
the fact of being stupid or not intelligent
The world he reveals makes you cringe with embarrassment at the dumbness of your fellow human beings. 他揭示的世界让你为身为同类的人类的愚蠢而尴尬羞愧。
He was amazed by the sheer dumbness of some of his opponents' claims. 他为他的对手一些愚蠢至极的主张而感到诧异。
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- The banks profited from the naiveness and dumbness of the population.
- If people are dumb, laws are there to prevent their dumbness from hurting other people.
- His poetry is fuelled by astonishment at the craziness, weirdness, dumbness, marvellousness, of the life he finds himself in.
(NOT SPEAKING)
哑
the fact of not speaking or of not being able to speak
I'm guessing that his apparent dumbness at daycare is strategic. 我猜想，他在日托所里作哑巴状是一种策略。
Dumbness was seen as the logical consequence of being deaf. 变哑被视作是耳聋的自然后果。
See: dumb
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- His sudden appearance struck instant dumbness in 30 boys.
- My last dentist actually turned the enforced dumbness of his victims into a sort of comedy routine.
- Developmental problems include Angelman syndrome, which can cause epilepsy, dumbness and severe learning difficulties.