| 词汇 | flimsiness |
| 释义 | flimsiness noun[ U ] uk /ˈflɪm.zi.nəs/ us /ˈflɪm.zi.nəs/ flimsinessnoun[U] (THIN OR EASILY BROKEN)the quality of being very thin, or easily broken or destroyed: 单薄;已破;易损 The flimsiness of the outer packaging means that the product is frequently damaged by the time it gets to the customer.轻薄的包装意味着产品在到达客户手中时经常已损坏。 the frilly flimsiness of lace The flimsiness of the fabric was enough to bring on a chill. The furniture has a chipboard flimsiness about it. I was all too aware of the flimsiness of my conveyance. Fragile and breakable breakable brittle cobwebby crumbly delicacy delicate delicate operation dodgy fissile flaky flimsily flimsy fragile fragility frail friable ramshackle rickety tenuous tenuously flimsinessnoun[U] (WEAK AND DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE)the fact of being weak and difficult to believe: 不足信;站不住脚 The flimsiness of the company's argument was instantly clear. The flimsiness of the case means that there is little chance of getting a conviction.案件的可信证据不足意味着定罪的可能性很小。 The Washington Post published a front-page article about the flimsiness of the intelligence on weapons of mass destruction. Despite the flimsiness of some of the magician's tricks, it was a good show. Like many truisms, its flimsiness reveals itself under the slightest scrutiny. Impossible and improbable apt aptness be out of the questionidiom be pissing in the windidiom beggar flimsily goodbye goodbye to somethingidiom hopeless case impenetrably implausibility nail nohow not a chance not have a snowball's chance in hellidiom one in a millionidiom pig piss snowball unicorn You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Weakness and vulnerability Not believable Examples of flimsinessflimsiness Given the flimsiness of both the economic and the cultural foundations of the petit bourgeoisie, this historiographical construction may now be so badly undermined as to be unusable. He wanted to disguise the flimsiness of that claim by peddling a plethora of spurious statistics and dubious detailed policies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I could quote a number of paragraphs to demonstrate the flimsiness of the analysis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an argument of astronomical flimsiness —if that is not mixing metaphors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sheer flimsiness of that argument has to be judged against that background. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tribunal's report revealed the flimsiness of the foundations and evidence of their case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In his findings he concluded that there was no lurking doubt in spite of the flimsiness of the prosecution case. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even allowing for the difference in the purchasing power of money and the comparative flimsiness of the structure, this was a remarkable achievement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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