好吧，这听起来愚蠢的或微不足道，但请，我的幽默。

Okay, so this is going to sound stupid or trivial, but please, humor me.

youdao

没人想让自己听起来愚蠢，因此每个人都说他的新衣服好看极了。

Nobody wanted to sound stupid, so everyone said his new clothes were wonderful.

youdao

我为什么讨厌这个词：它听起来愚蠢可笑，让人觉得虚夸浮华，甚至是矫揉造作。

Why I hate it: it sounds silly, feels pompous and even precious.

youdao

Now Milton knows that this might sound a little silly coming from a young man.

现在弥尔顿发觉,对于一个年轻人来说那听起来有点愚蠢。

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