词汇释义
foolproof /ˈfuːlpruːf/ TEM8 GRE
adj, Something such as a plan or a machine that is foolproof is so well designed, easy to understand, or easy to use that it cannot go wrong or be used wrongly. (计划、机器等)十分简单的，容易操作的，万无一失的
外刊例句
1. "There is therefore a foolproof method of ensuring that the trust is held to account in respect of all outstanding actions and that learning from incidents can take place to prevent recurrence," he said.(The Guardian)
2. Buy extra tomatoes (they're a bargain at the market right now) for snacks, sandwiches and this foolproof garlicky sauce that works everywhere: heat four or five tablespoons of olive oil in a big pan and add three fat cloves of sliced garlic.(The Guardian - Lifestyle)
3. The details of these patterns are unique to each item and thus could be used like a fingerprint, to provide an almost foolproof means of identification.The trouble is that employing a microscope powerful enough to record surface features at the required level of detail (a few microns) would be an expensive and cumbersome business, and not at all practical on a production line.(The Economist)
4. The only foolproof hedge against regulatory risk, sadly, is inactivity.(The Economist)
5. However it's also worth pointing out that neither conscientious scholarship nor participation in a centuries-old chain of editing and learning are foolproof guarantees of moderation.(The Economist)
6. The salami or chorizo you buy in a supermarket will probably have been cooked or irradiated rather than cured, which is a less foolproof method of killing pathogens.(The Economist)
7. That may encourage them to delay making the reforms needed to attract more of it.The ease with which this money can cross borders raises obvious problems, for which there are no foolproof solutions.(The Economist)
8. It is a very simple test for fraud.Dr Mebane is careful to point out that the test is not foolproof.(The Economist)
9. Five days before its bankruptcy Lehman Brothers boasted a "Tier 1" capital ratio of 11%, almost three times the regulatory minimum.That poses an obvious question for bank supervisors: if they have already tried and failed to make capital rules foolproof, why should they do better this time?(The Economist)
10. Another problem is that around 5% of people do not have readable fingerprints, either because their fingerprints are genetically indistinct or because years of manual labour have worn them down.And while the technology is now relatively cheap basic digital fingerprint readers cost less than $100 it is not foolproof.(The Economist)
词汇搭配
be, seem | make sth foolproof
absolutely | nearly, virtually foolproof
foolproof system, machine, plan, effect, strategy, life, tip, way, method, formula
词汇来源
also foolproof, 1902, American English, "safe against the incompetence of a fool," from fool (n.1) + adjectival sense from proof (n.).
近义词
goofproof, goof-proof, faultless, unfailing, perfect, flawless
反义词
risky, flawed
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