Emptiness of mind;inanity .

(头脑)空虚;无知

It was a non-tragic philosophy which though perilously near to inanity was by no means superficial

非悲剧性的哲学，虽几乎虚无，却并不浅薄。

It was a tonic to watch Mrs. Thatcher making rings round Mr. Short and mocking the intellectual inanity of this case

瞧一瞧撒切尔夫人把肖特先生搞得晕头转向并嘲笑他智力上的贫乏，是一种使人振奋的滋补剂。

I laugh all alone at my complete inanity

十分无聊时，我就独自大笑。

Their statement was a downright inanity .

他们的声明是彻头彻尾的废话。

I appreciated my loss of sympathy, but I put it down to the general inanity of things

我知道我失去了同情心，但我把这归因于生活上的空虚。

suffer from one`s own inanity

因愚蠢而受罪.

political inanity

政治上的空虚.

||1:Combining democracy and mass culture, the format is archetypally American, yet has proved to be highly exportable.||2:Even more people likely watch their own pre-election debates abroad— including, with encouragement from America’s non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates, in fledgling African and Eastern European democracies—than tune in to America’s.||3:These are not trivial accomplishments.||4:Setting aside many moments of dullness and inanity , the four-yearly televised event is an enactment of American democracy and an advertisement for it of which Americans should be proud.||5:But they can forget that for now.

||1:总统电视辩论的形式结合了民主与大众文化，是典型的美国形式，然而事实证明，它具有很高的可输出性。||2:甚至有更多的海外人口想观看自己国家的选前辩论。包括非洲和东欧民主国家也新采用了这一形式，尽管美国无党派总统辩论委员会鼓励海外人口观看美国辩论，但他们也还是想看自己国家的，不想看美国的。||3:这些输出算得上是不平凡的成就了。||4:抛开许多沉闷和无聊的时刻，这个四年一次的总统电视辩论活动是美国民主的一次宣示和广告，美国人应该引以为豪。||5:但现在，他们可以忘记这一点了。

But the lure of audience ratings meant the show has also often descended into farcical inanity .

但为了追求收视率，导致该节目经常沦为愚蠢荒唐的闹剧。

Likewise, nobody will be there to save you from someone else’s inanity .

同样地，也没有人会从其他人的虚无中把你拯救出来。

This budget war reflects inanity , incompetence and cowardice that are sadly inexplicable.

这场预算之争中展现出的无知、无能和无胆，真是让人费解又悲哀。