flimsy 是什么意思
adj. 脆弱的；浅薄的；易损坏的；不周密的
flimsy 记忆方法
1. perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y / -sy.
2. flim- (谐音“覆泥膜”----覆盖泥土的薄膜)。
flimsy 中文词源
flimsy 劣质的
可能来自film的拼写变体，薄膜，膜片，引申词义脆弱的，劣质的。-s, 复数后缀，比较ballsy, folksy. 或直接来自flimflam, 胡扯，欺骗，劣质。
英语词源
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.
flimsy 权威例句
- 1. She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her.
- 她穿的那件轻薄的粉红色连衣裙在身后飘舞。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
- 风暴刮平了村民们居住的脆弱的木屋.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
- 她穿得单薄所以觉得冷.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. This kind of paper is flimsy.
- 这种纸很薄.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare.
- 她只在薄如蝉翼的睡衣外套了一件薄睡袍，而且光着脚。
来自柯林斯例句
flimsy 造句
- 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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