dunce: [16] Dunce originated as a contemptuous term for those who continued in the 16th century to adhere to the theological views of the Scottish scholar John Duns Scotus (c. 1265–1308). Renaissance philosophers ridiculed them as narrow-minded hair-splitters, and so before long the application of the word spread metaphorically to any ‘stuffy pedant’ in general, and hence, through the implication of a lack of true intellect, to ‘stupid person’. The conical dunce’s cap seems to have originated in the 19th century.
dunce (n.)
"dullard," 1570s, from earlier Duns disciple "follower of John Duns Scotus" (c. 1265-1308), Scottish scholar of philosophy and theology supposed to have been born at Duns in Berwickshire. By 16c., humanist reaction against medieval theology singled him out as the type of the hairsplitting scholastic. It became a general term of reproach applied to more conservative philosophical opponents by 1520s, later extended to any dull-witted student.
dunce 英文释义
1. these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
dunce 双语例句
1. He used to be a dunce at school.
他上学时曾是个笨学生.
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2. Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.
迈克尔在数学上可能不太灵光，但在语言方面很有天赋。
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3. I was a dunce at chemistry.
我在化学方面是个劣等生.
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4. It is very impolite to call others a dunce.
叫别人蠢材是不礼貌的.
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5. Do you take me for a dunce?
你以为我是笨蛋 吗 ?
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dunce 实用场景例句
Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.
迈克尔在数学上可能不太灵光，但在语言方面很有天赋。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Do you take me for a dunce?
你以为我是笨蛋 吗 ?
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The dunce was easily taken in.
那笨蛋很容易就受骗了.
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He used to be a dunce at school.
他上学时曾是个笨学生.
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A pestilence on the witless little dunce!
该死的蠢丫头!
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What a donkey, dolt and dunce!
真是个笨驴, 呆子,兼傻瓜!
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The wise man knows he knows nothing; the dunce thinks he knows all.
聪明人知道自己不懂什么, 蠢人则认为自己什么都懂.
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Billy: It means good luck you dunce.
比利: 意思就是祝你好运,呆子.
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When he changed his school to Brighton, his reputation as a dunce followed him.
当他转校到布赖顿时, 他作为劣等生的名声也跟他一起到了那里.
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It is very impolite to call others a dunce.
叫别人蠢材是不礼貌的.
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A dunce never learns something.
傻瓜永远学不会.
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In high school, I was always the dunce of the class and had to sit outside.
上中学的时候我一直是班里的呆子,不得不坐在外面.
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I was a dunce at chemistry.
我在化学方面是个劣等生.
辞典例句
Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.
