non‧sense S3 / nɒns ə ns $ nɑnsens / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 untrue/stupid ideas, opinions, statements etc that are not true or that seem very stupid 同义词 rubbish British English :

‘I’m a prisoner in my own home.’ ‘Nonsense!’

absolute/utter/complete nonsense

‘Nobody cares about me.’ ‘That’s absolute nonsense, Mary!’

nonsense about

all this nonsense about health foods

If you ask me, these modern teaching methods are a load of nonsense (= a lot of nonsense ) .

He was talking utter nonsense as usual.

be a nonsense British English :

The government’s housing policy is a nonsense.

By 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense.

it is (a) nonsense to do something

It is nonsense to say that mistakes are never made.

2 annoying behaviour behaviour that is stupid and annoying :

You’re to stop that nonsense , do you hear me?

not stand/put up with/take any nonsense (= not accept such behaviour )

She won’t stand any nonsense from the kids in her class.

3 without meaning speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood :

Computer programs look like complete nonsense to me.

4 make (a) nonsense of something British English to make an action, system, or plan useless or ineffective :

Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year’s elections.

5 nonsense poems/verse/rhymes poetry that is humorous because it does not have a sensible meaning

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

complete/total nonsense Most of what has been written on this subject is complete nonsense.

utter/absolute nonsense (= complete nonsense ) He said that the charges against him were absolute nonsense.

动词

talk nonsense That’s not true - he’s talking nonsense!

believe this/that nonsense Don’t tell me you believe all this nonsense about ghosts!

短语

that’s nonsense (= used to emphasize that something is not true ) That’s nonsense. I never said that at all.

a load of nonsense informal (= things that are completely untrue ) What she told you was a load of nonsense. Mark doesn’t drink at all.

a lot of nonsense (= things that are completely untrue ) ‘Don’t fill her head with a lot of nonsense,’ said her mother.

stuff and nonsense old-fashioned (= nonsense ) When asked what he thought of astrology, he replied, ‘Stuff and nonsense!’