tenuous

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a. 稀薄的, 微细的, 纤细的, 脆弱的 [医] 细薄的, 纤细的

发音

其它 /ˈtɛn.ju.əs/

词形变化

more tenuous 比较级 most tenuous 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

纤细的；稀薄的；贫乏的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Thin in substance or consistency.

    弱势

    The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.

    Far from being amicable, the numbers seemed to turn their backs on each other, and I couldn't find a pair with even the most tenuous connection.

  2. 2.

    Insubstantial.

    His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.

    Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.

  3. 3.

    Precarious, dependent upon unreliable things.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

thin slight fragile flimsy

近义相关 3

thin insignificant unimportant

词源

Irregularly formed from Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous. Compare tenuious.

来源：wiktionary