flimsy
adj. 脆弱的；浅薄的；易损坏的；不周密的
n. 薄纸；复写纸；打字纸
adj.
薄的，薄弱的；易损坏的；不足信的；没有价值的
n.
薄纸；复写纸；打字纸；电报
变形
复数：flimsies
英英释义
flimsy[ 'flimzi ]
n.a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
同义词：onionskin
adj.
lacking solidity or strength and liable to break
"a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"
同义词：fragile
having little substance or significance
"a flimsy excuse"
同义词：slighttenuousthin
very thin and insubstantial
"flimsy voile"
同义词：light
resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
She wore a flimsy dress.
她穿一件薄连衣裙。
It is a flimsy cardboard box.
那是一个不结实的纸箱。
The evidence against him was flimsy.
指控他的证据不足信。
A close inspection of this argument would reveal how flimsy it is.
仔细想想这个问题就会发现它其实毫无根据。
权威例句
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flimsy (adj.)
1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily; flimsiness.
1. Though this may seem a flimsy reason to you, it is reason enough for me.
尽管这对你来说，听起来是个脆弱的借口，但对我而言，它是个足够的理由。
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2. For instance, water seems to taste better when it comes from a firmbottle rather than from a flimsy one.
举个例子，装在牢固的瓶子中的水，比装在薄壁脆弱的瓶子里的水，似乎更好喝一些。
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3. No matter how good it looked on paper, the flying jeep’s goofy appearance gives a good indication of why such a flimsy hybrid would not do well in the heat of battle.
无论它在纸上看着有多么好，会飞的吉普的傻瓜外观给出了一个启示，为什么这样脆弱的混合物在战争最激烈的时候帮不上忙。
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4. Mobile homes are notoriously flimsy in tornadoes, and accounted for more than half the tornado deaths in 2009.
活动房屋在龙卷风中最脆弱，是2009年龙卷风中一半以上人的死亡原因。
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5. Meanings of happiness won’t so flimsy.
幸福的含义怎能那么浅薄？
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6. If lacking calcium or vitamin D for long time, bones will become flimsy gradually.
如果人长期缺钙或缺维生素D，骨头就会逐渐变得脆弱。
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7. As their flimsy craft grew more and more unseaworthy, the other boat abandoned them and sailed on.
他们那艘脆弱的小船越来越经不起海上的风浪，而另一艘船竟然抛下他们开走了。
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8. The older generation still saves, with lingering memories of privation and the country’s flimsy social safety net.
由于对贫困的记忆以及中国社保网络的脆弱，老一辈仍然会存钱。
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9. Still, household savings are high. Because China has a flimsy social safety net and underfunded public services, people salt money away for their old age and to pay for medical bills and school fees.
不过家庭储蓄仍很高.因中国社保覆盖面的脆弱和公共服务资金的匮乏,人们要留出养老保障,且还要支付医药和教育费用.
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10. Actually a lot of apparently staunch people are flimsy in heart.
事实上，很多表面坚强的人，内心都很脆弱。
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11. All their strength, their confidence – just a flimsy façade.
他们所有的力量和信心，仅仅只是一层薄薄的外壳。
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12. 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。
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13. The plant’s tendrils now hung from their ceilings like flimsy chandeliers, with bees and flies dancing around the rotting bulbs.
这种植物的卷须挂在天花板上就像轻薄的枝形吊灯，蜜蜂和苍蝇都围在“腐烂”的灯泡周围。
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14. The aim was to avoid a repeat of the summer of 1994, when tens of thousands of Cubans took to the sea in flimsy boats.
这样做的目的是为了避免重蹈1994年夏的覆辙。那时候上万古巴人就搭乘着弱不禁风的各式船只驶向大海。
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15. Pull apart the soft, grey graphite and you have a flimsy sheet of carbon atoms just one atom thick, called graphene, whose electrons ping around the surface like balls in a pinball machine.
把那柔软的、灰色的石墨拉开，你将会得到一个薄到只有一层原子厚的叫做石墨单原子层的东西。它表面周围的电子就像弹子机里的弹球一样。
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16. It was a flimsy excuse, but there was some kind of logic to it, since the US had never signed the 2001 agreement.
这个借口站不住脚，但确实多多少少说得通，因为美国从来没有签署2001年的协议。
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17. It was a flimsy excuse, but there was some kind of logic to it, since the US had never signed the 2001 agreement.
这个借口站不住脚，但确实多多少少说得通，因为美国从来没有签署2001年的协议。
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18. They are very trusting, and eagerly believe any kind of flimsy official information.
他们天生轻信，尤其是对官方传达的消息即便是一戳即穿的谎言，他们也是乐于深信不疑。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
19. He made a flimsy excuse.
他说了一个站不住脚的借口。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
20. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
她穿着单薄的衣服觉得很冷。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
21. A very flimsy scheme it was; however, it was immediately executed.
这一计谋实在不堪一击，不过还是立即付诸实施了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
22. The peace we seek in the world is not flimsy peace.
我们在世界上所追求的和平不是昙花一现的和平。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
23. Elastic members of simple shape offer greater potential for stability than those that are unwieldily flimsy, or asymmetrical.
简单形状的弹性构件要比不方便的，薄壁的或不对称的构件提供较大可能的稳定性。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
24. The evidence was flimsy, and a campaign was launched to secure a re-trial.
由于证据不足，掀起了一场为取得复审的运动。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
25. Our flimsy journalists credentials rest on my few magzine pieces.
我们的不牢靠的记者证所依仗的就是我那几篇杂志上的文章。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
26. a flimsy excuse [argument]
站不住脚的借口 [薄弱的论据]
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
27. The flimsy room was a beaut.
那个简陋的房间真难得。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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