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nonsense

/ˈnɒnsəns/ /ˈnɑnsɛns/

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noun

胡说，废话。

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

Examples :

"After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."

我父亲中风后，每次他试图说话，听起来都像在胡说八道。

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noun

胡说，废话。

An untrue statement.

Examples :

"My neighbor's claim that the dog ate his homework is complete nonsense. "

我邻居说他的作业被狗吃了，简直是胡说八道.

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noun

胡说，废话。

That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

Examples :

"My uncle's explanation about why the washing machine was broken was complete nonsense; it didn't explain anything and made no sense at all. "

我叔叔解释洗衣机为什么坏了，完全是胡说八道，根本什么都没解释清楚，一点道理都没有。

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noun

胡说，废话。

Something foolish.

Examples :

"What he said about cats talking was complete nonsense. "

他说的关于猫会说话的那些话纯粹是胡说八道。

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noun

胡说，无稽之谈.

A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

Examples :

"The teacher read a piece of nonsense poetry to the class, full of unusual animals and strange rhyming patterns. "

老师给班上念了一首胡说诗，里面充满了奇特的动物和奇怪的押韵方式。

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noun

无义序列，无义片段

A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

Examples :

"The genetic test revealed that the child's inability to process a certain enzyme was due to nonsense in a critical gene. "

基因检测显示，这个孩子无法处理某种酶，是因为一个关键基因中存在一段无义序列，导致该基因无法正常工作。

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verb

胡说，瞎说。

To make nonsense of;

Examples :

"The new employee's instructions completely nonsensed the entire project schedule. "

这个新员工的指示把整个项目进度表都搞得乱七八糟，完全是胡说八道。

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verb

贬低，轻视，认为…是胡说八道

To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

Examples :

"The manager tried to nonsense the employee's concerns about low pay, claiming they were just complaining. "

经理试图贬低员工对低工资的担忧，声称他们只是在抱怨而已。

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verb

胡闹，闲扯。

To joke around, to waste time

Examples :

""The students were supposed to be working on their project, but instead they were just nonsensing and drawing silly pictures." "

学生们应该在做项目，结果他们却只是在胡闹，画些无聊的画。

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adjective

无义的，终止的

Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

Examples :

"The nonsense mutation in the gene caused the protein to be much shorter than normal. "

基因里的无义突变导致蛋白质比正常情况下短很多。

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adjective

胡说八道的，荒谬的

Examples :

"The student's answer on the test was completely nonsensical and didn't relate to the question at all. "

这个学生在考试中的答案完全是胡说八道的，和问题一点关系都没有。

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interjection

胡说，废话。

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

Examples :

""Nonsense!" exclaimed Maria, shaking her head. "You can't possibly expect me to finish this report by tonight." "

"胡说八道！"玛丽亚摇着头，说道。"你不可能指望我今晚完成这份报告。"

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