frivolous
英 ['frɪv(ə)ləs]
美['frɪvələs]
- adj. 无聊的；轻佻的；琐碎的
词态变化
副词: frivolously;
助记提示
1. frivol- (谐音“浮略我、浮掠喔、忽略我”) => frivolous。
中文词源
frivolous 愚蠢的，可笑的
来自拉丁语friare, 破开的，卷曲的，词源同friable, friction. 用来指经不起推敲，愚蠢可笑的言语。
英英释意
- 1. not serious in content or attitude or behavior;
- "a frivolous novel"
- "a frivolous remark"
- "a frivolous young woman"
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- frivolous comments/suggestions
- 愚蠢的话；可笑的建议
牛津词典
- Sorry, I was being frivolous.
- 对不起，我失态了。
牛津词典
- frivolous pastimes/pleasures
- 无聊的消遣 / 娱乐
牛津词典
- The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.
- 这个团体表示希望从政者不要再把公帑浪费在一些它认为无关痛痒的项目上。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
- 伊莎贝尔是一个轻佻的小傻瓜，自负而又反复无常。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor...
- 我刚刚决定说自己有点过于轻率，不适合做医生。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is wasting his time on frivolous matters.
- 他正把时间浪费在无足轻重的事情上.
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- It was frivolous of him to make such an accusation.
- 他提出这样的指控真无聊.
辞典例句
- It's frivolous misuse of time, I confess.
- 我承认,这有点无谓浪费时间.
辞典例句
- She had a reputation of being a frivolous coquette.
- 大家都说她是一个轻佻的荡妇.
辞典例句
- His criticisms were always captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions.
- 他的评论一向轻率并爱吹毛求疵, 从不提出有建设性的建议.
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- Why don't you change your frivolous habits ?
- 今天我们学习了小数与 复名数 的相互转换.
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- He is a frivolous playboy.
- 他是个玩世不恭的花花公子.
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- The joy of living never comes to the frivolous, the superficial, the selfish.
- 做事轻率 、 肤浅而又自私的人从不会有生活的乐趣.
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- She thought that reading romantic novels was a frivolous way of spending her time.
- 她认为看浪漫小说是虚度时光.
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- Inclination in that direction has long been considered frivolous and unmanly.
- 这方面的爱好长期被认为是轻薄和非男子气的.
辞典例句
- No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit.
- 无谓的诉讼从没有治愈任何人.
英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- Virtue is a very vain and frivolous thing if it derive its recommendation from glory.
- 在所有的快乐中,赞扬给人带来的快乐是最危险的,回避赞扬比回避其他一切危险更有必要.
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- Library Case Study of Administrative Law: Can Modem User Be More Frivolous?
- 图书馆行政法个案: 魔电族真能魔高一丈 吗 ?
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- So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten.
- 我们今天所作的事情中有多少是轻浮妄动的、徒劳无用的、易被遗忘的.
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- He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.
- 他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱.
辞典例句
- He wasted his time on frivolous matters.
- 他浪费时间在玩世不恭的事情上.
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- This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.
- 这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式.
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- Everyone feels that there is a level of income above which all consumption is frivolous.
- 每个人都认为存在一个(属于自己的)收入水平值,如果超过这个水平,所进行的一切消费均没有意义.
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- THEY may have been indulging themselves in the frivolous atmosphere of Spring Festival.
- 也许学生们还依然沉溺于无聊的春节气氛之中.
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- One of the accusations frequently laid at fashion's sometimes gaudy door is that it's frivolous.
- 时尚经常会因为华而不实受到指责,其中一种说法就是时尚太轻浮了.
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- The frivolous gauze account on bedstead.
- 床架上轻薄的纱帐.
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- Who'd be fool enough to buy such a frivolous dress?
- 谁会愚蠢到买这样一件轻佻的衣服 呢 ?
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- I stuffed her mind with frivolous ideas.
- 我向她灌输了毫无意义的观点.
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