tenuous

美音：['tenjuəs] 英音：['tenjuəs]

简单释义：

adj.脆弱的；微弱的；缥缈的；纤细的

网络稀薄的；微细的；贫乏的

完整释义：

adj.

1.稀薄的
2.脆弱的,软弱无力的,证据不足的,空洞无力的
3.含糊(的)
4.〔罕用语〕细的,薄的
5.微细的,精细的,烦琐的
6.贫乏的;空洞无力的
7.纤细的
8.微妙的
9.若即若离的
10.软弱的

例句：

Unfortunately, the relationship between natural justice and the law is sometimes tenuous, as it is in this case.
正如这起案子所表现的，自然公正原则与法律之间的关系是脆弱的。
"Social mood and risk appetite are what shape financial markets, and social mood at this point is tenuous, " Harrison said.
社会心态和风险偏好都会影响到金融市场，而当前的社会心态比较脆弱。
Recently that tenuous partnership was frayed, causing some of those bubbles to pop loudly enough for the entire business to hear.
在最近，这种脆弱的合作关系被扯破了，并在行业内引起了很大的反响。
The president, by contrast, has focused on locking in his tenuous gains, touting the outcome as a "ten to zero" landslide.
恰好相反，总统先生专注于保护自己尚未稳定的成果，大肆宣扬投票结果是“十比零”的压倒性胜出。
The tenuous state of the chromosomes during the period between cell divisions should not suggest that they are inert at this time.
在细胞分裂期间，纤细状态的染色体并不表明此时它们是不活跃的。
Here, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas ( nitrogen-red, hydrogen-green, and oxygen-blue) outline the tenuous walls of the hourglass.
由彩色发光气体（氮-红色、氢-绿色、氧-蓝色）构成的精巧圆环是沙漏的外壁。
Every cubic kilometre of the ring contains around 20 tiny particles of dust, making it so tenuous, it would be invisible from the inside.
这个光环每立方公里含有约20颗尘埃微粒，结构非常稀薄，站在光环内部都看不见它本身。
These twin engines of global economic growth appear to be on a course that will only aggravate their tenuous relationship.
作为全球经济增长的双引擎，中美两国似乎正处于只会激化两国脆弱关系的阶段。

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