| 词汇 | frivolousness |
| 释义 | frivolousness noun[ U ] uk /ˈfrɪv.əl.əs.nəs/ us /ˈfrɪv.əl.əs.nəs/ the quality of behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously: 轻佻，轻浮 We can't completely blame young people for their frivolousness.我们不能完全责怪年轻人的轻浮。 They criticised the frivolousness of the entertainment industry.他们批评娱乐业的轻浮。 See frivolous He sang the song with a frivolousness better suited to a cosmetics commercial. She complained that there was too much frivolousness in politics. People still see in him a certain childish frivolousness. Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely futility negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory ornamental unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom unviability You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Stupid and silly behaviour Examples of frivolousnessfrivolousness Their frivolousness will become apparent, and the plaintiff will be mulcted in costs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As said earlier, we are not looking at cases of frivolousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should strike the happy medium between the severity of the martinet on the one hand and the frivolousness of the marionette on the other hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was known for his wild antics, his practical jokes and his extravagance and frivolousness, which his father approved of wholeheartedly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dying of boredom, getting vexed by his own frivolousness but having no will to break free from these surroundings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In recessions the amount of time and money invested in referral schemes often increases due to the perceived frivolousness of other methods of recruiting. 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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