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foolhardy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fool·har·dy /ˈfuːlhɑːdi $ -ɑːr-/ adjective  STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEtaking stupid and unnecessary risks 鲁莽的,蛮干的 SYN reckless a foolhardy attempt to capture more territory 想占领更多地盘的鲁莽行为foolhardiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
foolhardyHolding onto a moving car while wearing skates is illegal and foolhardy.The country was in such huge debt that any spending proposals looked foolhardy.He accepted he'd been grossly stupid and foolhardy.I thought the idea was totally foolhardy.As you said, it is in the nature of young men to be foolhardy and impetuous.Small wonder if their son grew up with a taste for chivalrous pursuits, warlike deeds and sometimes foolhardy enterprise.Call it foolhardy or brilliant or shocking or crazy.I drove to the hospital at a foolhardy speed, arriving just after my wife.Alarmed, and thinking that my President needed me, I dashed to get there, driving at foolhardy speed.It was foolhardy to take the plane up alone, with so little flying experience.It would be foolhardy to try and reach Chimneys, alone and on foot, in this weather.
fool·har·dy adjectiveChineseSyllable
risks and taking Corpus unnecessary stupid


foolhardy
foolhardy /ˈfuːlhɑːdi $ -ɑːr-/ adjective
taking stupid and unnecessary risks
   SYN  reckless:
    a foolhardy attempt to capture more territory
—foolhardiness noun [uncountable]


fool·hardyBrE /ˈfuːlhɑːdi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfuːlhɑːrdi/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) taking unnecessary risks 莽撞的;有勇无谋的 SYN reckless It would be foolhardy to sail in weather like this. 这种天气出航就是瞎冒险。🔊🔊 fool·hardi·ness BrE /ˈfuːlhɑːdinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfuːlhɑːrdinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]