He was seeking a face-saving deal with the bank's board that would allow him to resign under his own terms and escape some blame for the foolery involving his girlfriend's compensation. 他曾向银行董事会寻求一项挽救脸面的交易,允许他以自己的名义辞职,企图逃脱有关他在其女朋友薪酬补偿方面愚蠢行为的谴责.
foolery
[ noun ] foolish or senseless behavior <noun.act>
Foolery \Fool"er*y\, n.; pl. {Fooleries}. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. --Shak.
2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. --Sir W. Raleigh.