就连乐于开怀大笑的马克吐温也说，当谈到人像照片时，“没有什么比一个又傻又蠢的微笑被永远定格更可怕的了”。
Even Mark Twain, a man who enjoyed a hearty laugh, said that when it came to photographic portraits there could be "nothing more damning than a silly, foolish smile fixed forever".
在钢骨水泥森林里利用稻草来掩饰自己是很蠢的一件事。
比利：这问题真够蠢的！你知道我是个十足的运动健将。
Billy: Isn't that a silly question? You know how much of an athlete I am.
剑桥大学软件安全工程师罗斯·安德逊称这样运送产品“蠢的要命”。
Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, calls it "exceptionally stupid" to ship such a product in this way.
毕竟，如果你拥有上百万的用户，就算最蠢的设计点子也能排上点用场。
After all, when you have millions of users, even the stupidest design idea will get some use.
我做过的最蠢的事之一就是在1984年的手术后不肯吃止痛药。
One of the stupidest things I've ever done was not take my pain medication after that surgery in 1984.
它们总是会看着我，好像在说“哦，不。我知道这是个蠢的动作。”
They will always look at me and if dogs could talk they would say "OH NO, I KNOW THAT SILLY GAME."
“怎么把一件那么蠢的裙子挂在伊顿的橱窗上！”她有些反感的摇了摇头。
"What a silly dress to be perched up there in the window of Eaton's!" she shook her head in disgust.
恋爱中的人可能发现自己在做很蠢的事情，他们可能会让自己受伤或尴尬。
People in love may find themselves doing foolish things. They may open themselves up to hurt or embarrassment.
“我干了这么蠢的一件事，但是首饰的失而复得使我很高兴，”这位管理顾问吉奥亚说。
"I had done such a dumb thing, and I was very happy to get the jewelry back," says Gioia, a management consultant.
即使这些看起来很蠢的程序也可以提供有用的数据：哪些用户认为随意发送电邮是一种冒险行为？
Even those seemingly ridiculous apps provide thousands of data points through their use: Which users deem themselves "at risk" for sending unwarranted emails?
在这种观点下，对于还不能从帽子里变出兔子，或者从空口袋变出金币(或者刻意去中彩票)而感到沮丧是很蠢的。
And with such a perspective, it's silly to be upset that you cannot literally pull rabbits out of hats, or gold COINS from your empty pockets (or deliberately win the lottery).
公牛也够蠢的，竟然被这番恭维的话所说服，把自己的两只角折断了，刚刚失去用以防卫的武器，公牛就轻易地被狮子俘获了。
The bull was foolish enough to be persuaded by this flattery to have his horns cut off; and, having now lost his only means of defence, fell an easy prey to the lion.
如果两名被盯上哨的人同时出现在同一地点的附近，而且都保持异常的警惕，那么就算再蠢的人看到也能猜到他们要上演一出秘密接头的好戏。
If two people being followed both take this unusual precaution near the same location at the same time, even the most dull-witted watcher may infer that a clandestine meeting is afoot.
最后，树上的男人生气了，对他的朋友喊道：“你真蠢！”
At last, the man in the tree got angry and shouted to his friend, "How foolish you are!"
然而在我心里却觉得：如果当时他们真的大笑的话，我倒是会感到惊讶的。这是因为我发现自己讲的时候在潜意识里就一直觉得：这个故事太蠢了！
And in my heart I should have been startled if they had behaved otherwise, for all the time I was telling it I was conscious in my soul that it was a stupid story!
一名巴尔干半岛的安全官员说：“这些家伙并不蠢。”
"They're not stupid, these guys", says one Balkan security official.
不过我并不蠢，我知道只有只有最顶级的球员在世界级球员之前才能优先得到上场机会。
But I'm not stupid, I know one of the best players in the world plays up front, with world-class players in behind.
在会议中，当她准备发言时，却总是制止自己，然后思考，“我的意见是不是听起来太蠢了”。
In meetings, she'd be about to speak up, only to silence herself, thinking, ‘That will sound really stupid’.
他们说因为他讲话的方式很蠢。
绝大多数的开发者并不蠢，并且他们清楚地知道用户体验涉及到软件以及用户的社交圈。
Most developers are not stupid, and intellectually they know the user experience involves both the software and the network of other users.
下面罗列的几个近日遇到的最蠢设计算是我最近的小小收获。
Following is a modest harvest of design stupidities I've recently encountered.
他们并不是很蠢，他们难以捉摸的各种愚蠢被当做迷人正派甚至有才华。
They're not falling-down stupid; they radiate the subtler variety of idiocy that can be mistaken for charm, decency or even brilliance.
这个人一定觉得这是一个蠢透了的答案，“我问他一个简单的问题他却叫我站起来。”
The man must have felt this was a stupid kind of answer, “I am asking a simple question and he is asking me to stand up.”
请她问你任何她想问的问题，不管这些问题有多蠢，多让人难为情。
Invite her to ask you anything, no matter how silly or embarrassing she might think it is.
一天里的每一小时都有零活可干—假如我蠢到呆在屋里不出门的田地。
There are little jobs to do every hour of the day - that is, if I am foolish enough to remain indoors.
一天里的每一小时都有零活可干—假如我蠢到呆在屋里不出门的田地。
There are little jobs to do every hour of the day - that is, if I am foolish enough to remain indoors.
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