stupid

stupid 愚蠢的，糊涂的

来自拉丁语 stupere,震惊，困惑，迷惑，发晕，来自 PIE*stupe,击，打，扩展自 steu,击，打， 词源同 steep,stoop,type.引申词义愚蠢的，糊涂的。

stupid

stupid: [16] As the related stupefy [16] and stupor [17] still do, stupid originally denoted ‘mental numbness’; ‘lack of intelligence’ is a secondary development. It comes via Old French stupide from Latin stupidus, a derivative of stupēre ‘be stunned or numbed with shock’. This was descended from an Indo-European base *stup- or *tup- ‘hit’, which also produced Greek tüptein ‘hit’ and Sanskrit tup- ‘harm, hurt’.
=> stupefy, stupor

stupid (adj.)

1540s, "mentally slow, lacking ordinary activity of mind, dull, inane," from Middle French stupide (16c.) and directly from Latin stupidus "amazed, confounded; dull, foolish," literally "struck senseless," from stupere "be stunned, amazed, confounded," from PIE *stupe- "hit," from root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Related: Stupidly; stupidness.

Native words for this idea include negative compounds with words for "wise" (Old English unwis, unsnotor, ungleaw), also dol (see dull (adj.)), and dysig (see dizzy (adj.)). Stupid retained its association with stupor and its overtones of "stunned by surprise, grief, etc." into mid-18c. The difference between stupid and the less opprobrious foolish roughly parallels that of German töricht vs. dumm but does not exist in most European languages.

1. He was carrying on about some stupid television series.

他喋喋不休地说着某个无聊的电视连续剧。

2. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.

我真的不理解这到底有什么意义，简直是愚蠢透顶。

3. I shall have words with these stupid friends of mine!

我真应该跟我这些愚蠢的朋友理论理论！

4. Friendship is much more important to me than a stupid old ring!

友谊对我来说可比一个破戒指重要得多！

5. Do women really share such stupid jokes? We suspect not.

女人们真的会觉得如此愚蠢的笑话好笑吗？我们想不会。

【silly, dull, simple, stupid, foolish】
这组词都有“愚蠢的，笨的，傻的”的意思，其区别是：
silly: 口语用词，可和foolish互换，但语气稍强。侧重指人的言行不合常规或不理智，强调单纯、低能和糊涂。
dull: 指对问题理解迟钝，缺乏灵敏机智头脑，可能是先下智力低下，也可能因疲倦或健康不佳所致。
simple: 强调头脑简单或缺少智慧。
stupid: 多指人或行为的愚蠢，尤指先天智能低下，或因某种原因失去正常的反应或感觉。有时也可与silly和foolish换用，但语气强，常含贬义。
foolish: 一般指人的无头脑、愚蠢，或缺乏常识与判断力，或指行动的愚蠢可笑。