1. 胡说;假话;愚蠢的话
If you say that something spoken or written is nonsense, you mean that you consider it to be untrue or silly.
e.g. Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense.
但大多数传统的医生认为此说法完全是胡说八道。
e.g. ...all that poetic nonsense about love...
所有那些关于爱情的充满诗情画意的假话
2. 愚蠢的举动;冒失(或轻浮)的行为
You can use nonsense to refer to something that you think is foolish or that you disapprove of.
e.g. Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources...
耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。
e.g. I think there is a limit to how much of this nonsense people are going to put up with.
我想人们对这种胡闹总有一个承受极限。
3. 无意义的话;荒谬的话
You can refer to spoken or written words that do not mean anything because they do not make sense as nonsense .
e.g. ...a children's nonsense poem by Charles E Carryl.
查尔斯·E.卡里尔写的一首儿童打油诗
4. see also: no-nonsense
5. 使变得荒唐;使失去意义
To make a nonsense of something or to make nonsense of it means to make it seem ridiculous or pointless.
e.g. The fighting made a nonsense of peace pledges made in London last week...
这场战斗使上周在伦敦所作的和平承诺变成一纸空文。
e.g. It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country.
这使将我们自己的规定凌驾于该国收养法之上的做法显得十分荒谬。