frivolous

英式音标：[ˈfrɪvələs]

美式音标：[ˈfrɪvələs]

词语分类：TEM8,GRE

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概况：

adj. 无聊的；轻佻的；琐碎的

词义：

adj.

无价值的，毫无意义的；轻率的，轻易；不务正业的；孩子气的

英英释义

frivolous[ 'frivələs ]

adj.not serious in content or attitude or behavior

"a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

She had a reputation of being a frivolous coquette.
大家都说她是一个轻佻的荡妇。

Some of Mr Obama's friends spook business.Whereas Mr McCain supports curbs on frivolous lawsuits, trial lawyers back Mr Obama with open wallets.
奥巴马的朋友们在起诉公司，而麦凯恩却支持限制琐碎的诉讼，而诉讼律师们敞开了口袋支持奥巴马。

Don't waste your time on frivolous matters.
别把时间浪费在无足轻重的事情上。

权威例句

Modeling Frivolous Suits

Framing Frivolous Litigation: A Psychological Theory

Sanctioning Frivolous Suits: An Economic Analysis

The archeology of the frivolous : reading Condillac

The effect of frivolous lawsuits on the settlement of litigation ☆

Lawsuit Abandonment Options in Possibly Frivolous Litigation Games

Method and apparatus for deterring frivolous professional liability claims

Serious pilgrimages and frivolous tourists. The chimera of tourism in the pilgrimages of Sri Lanka.

Experimental social psychology: Some sober questions about some frivolous values

An Analysis of Fee Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivolous Suits, Meritorious Suits, and the Role of Rule 11

同义词：petty,fizgig,coltish,boring,bored

同根词：frivolousness,frivolously,frivolous

英语词源：

frivolous (adj.)

mid-15c., from Latin frivolus "silly, empty, trifling, worthless," diminutive of *frivos "broken, crumbled," from friare "break, rub away, crumble" (see friable). In law (by 1736), "so clearly insufficient as to need no argument to show its weakness." Related: Frivolously; frivolousness.

造句：

1. a frivolous purchase

轻率购买的东西

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

2. frivolous complaints

无聊的抱怨

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. frivolous carriage

轻浮的举止

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

4. frivolous behavior

轻浮的举动

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. frivolous behaviour

轻浮的行动

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

6. frivolous claim

无意义的索偿

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

7. Frivolous Cupid

轻浮的爱神

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

8. a frivolous novel; a frivolous remark; a frivolous young woman.

轻浮的小说；轻浮的评论；轻浮的年轻女子。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

9. Frivolous or idle.

懒散的，轻佻的

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

10. extremely frivolous

轻狂

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]