flimsy

美音:['flɪmzi] 英音:['flɪmzi]

简单释义:


adj.劣质的;不结实的;薄而易损坏的;不足信的

n.薄纸;(新闻记者用的)薄纸原稿;电报;〈俚〉钞票

网络脆弱的;轻而薄的;薄弱的

变形:

比较级:flimsier  最高级:flimsiest  复数:flimsies  


完整释义:


adj.

1.薄的,薄弱的
2.没有价值的,不足取的
3.〔机〕薄壁的
4.轻薄的
5.浮夸的
6.不牢靠的;不堪一击,一戳即穿的
7.简陋
8.昙花一现的
9.偷工减料的
10.柔弱的

n.

1.(新闻记者用的)薄纸原稿
2.〔俚语〕钞票
3.电报


例句:

  1. "Here, we are all of the same tribe, " said a young Pashtun poet and journalist. He had a flimsy beard and eyes the colour of honey.
    “在这儿,我们都来自同一个部落,”一位年轻的普什图(Pashtun)诗人兼记者说道,他有一双蜜色的眼睛,脸上留着一层薄薄的胡子。

  2. Another reason to introduce Eurobonds is that the existing defences drawn up to contain the crisis are starting to look too flimsy.
    引进欧洲债券的另一个原因是,目前制定的反制措施在遏制危机爆发时显得鞭长莫及。

  3. Many burglars walk right in the front door because the door is unlocked, the lock is easy to pick or remove, or the door itself is flimsy.
    很多夜贼堂而皇之从前门进入,因为门没有上锁,或是很容易被撬开或者移除,或者门本身不够牢固。

  4. That sounds a bit like the notoriously flimsy defence of "only obeying orders" which goes down especially badly with Germans.
    这与“仅仅在服从命令”的辩护一样臭名昭著,不堪一击,尤其难以让德国人接受。

  5. She had made the table herself out of a box, covering it with flimsy figured sateen, hanging a fifty-cent mirror above it.
    梳妆台是她自己用一个箱子做的,外面蒙了一层薄薄的缎布,上面还挂了一面用五十美分买回来的镜子。

  6. I would scrawl my name on the cards and the name of one of my classmates on each flimsy envelope.
    我在每张贺卡上面潦草地写上自己的名字,并且在每个薄薄的信封上写上一个同学的名字。

  7. This most visceral and ritual of actions tends to be mediated through a flimsy, poorly conceived amalgam of shapes.
    这种最发自肺腑、最具仪式性动作的含义却经常因为一个轻薄且设计很差的各种形状的结合体而打折。

  8. If ask to be had absolutely in marriage, absolutely chasteness , the marriage that lacks flexibility so comparatives actually flimsy.
    如果在婚姻中要求绝对的占有、绝对的纯洁,这样缺乏弹性的婚姻其实相当脆弱。

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