But, you see, nobody knew the secret of how stupid he really was.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Now think of it: if Milton had been the servant, he wouldn't even have made it to the stage of burying the stupid coin in the earth.

想想吧：如果弥尔顿是哪个仆人，他甚至,不会去把金币埋起来。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Why did God place the stupid fruit in the garden in the first place if he knew in advance that Adam and Eve were going to eat the thing?

如果他事先就知道偷食禁果的事情会发生,为什么还要把这个不祥的果实就那么放在园子里？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But,you see,nobody knew the secret of how stupid he really was.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Now if he was too stupid to have it, then of course he would have been liberated into the realm of action.

如果他因为太愚昧而不能有这种幻想，那么当然他能自由行动。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

He said it was a stupid book with dangerous ideas.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

He simply would have plunged ahead into life as though he had freedom, even though he was too stupid to recognize that it was an illusion.

他自然会好像是自由的一样一头扎入生活中，即便他太愚笨而看不出这只是个幻想。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The king told the mathematician that he was stupid.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

He didn't wantto be called crippled just like I didn'twant to be called stupid.

VOA: standard.other

"For example,when Thomas Henry Huxley first read The Origin of Species, his first thought , 'Well,' he said,of course, 'How extremely stupid not to have thought of that myself.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25