flighty

英 ['flaɪtɪ] 美
  • adj. 轻浮的;轻狂的;心情浮动的

TEM8畅通词汇

词态变化


比较级: flightier;最高级: flightiest;

中文词源


flighty 轻浮的

来自flight, 飞行。引申义浮在空中的,轻浮的。

英英释意


1. irresponsibly frivolous;
"flighty young girls"
2. absent-mindedly irresponsible;
"he said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor"

英文词源


flighty (adj.)
1550s, "swift," from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Sense of "fickle or frivolous" is from 1768, perhaps from notion of "given to 'flights' of imagination." Related: Flightiness.

考试真题


Earlier this year the country's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced plans to pay Boeing to investigate formation flighty though the programme has yet to begin.

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实用场景例句


He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.
他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员.

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She is too flighty to take care of young children.
她太不负责任,不能照顾小孩.

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'she was never flighty like you.
" 她从来不像你这样胡思乱想.

飘(部分)

Maybe, I am very flighty.
也许, 我非常轻浮.

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She a frivolous little fool vain and flighty.
她是个单纯轻浮的小傻女孩儿.

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Childlings sylphs are timid and flighty.
精灵小孩是胆小害羞和让人捉摸不定.

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You are nimble and can change plans quickly, but you are not flighty.
你是思维敏捷,能够很快的根据情况改变对策, 但是你并不轻率,随心所欲.

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