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

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。

youdao

You layer each layer. (Yes, that sounds silly, but despite how obvious this statement is, it's missed by most.)

您必须分层放置层(这似乎很愚蠢，不管这句话写得多明显，大多数人都会忽略它)。

youdao

Of course that sounds silly, but this is precisely how many people react to the various problems that surface in their lives.

当然，这听起来太傻了，但这大抵就是许多人对生活中浮现的形形色色的问题做出的反应。

youdao

It sounds pretty silly, but it's really important because it allows you to define a thermometer and temperature.

这听起来相当白痴，但是它确实很重要,因为它让你可以定义,温度计和温度。

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It sounds kind of silly.

听上去有些愚蠢

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It almost sounds silly to ask this question, but it comes up more often than you might think.

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"Even if it sounds silly from the beginning, nobody knows what will work and what won't work, " he says.

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That sounds silly for one of the biggest websites on earth, but I was really thinking about the people on air.

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