frivolous
英 ['fr?v(?)l?s]
美 ['fr?v?l?s]
助記提示
1. frivol- (諧音“浮略我、浮掠喔、忽略我”) => frivolous。
中文詞源
frivolous 愚蠢的，可笑的來自拉丁語friare, 破開的，卷曲的，詞源同friable, friction. 用來指經(jīng)不起推敲，愚蠢可笑的言語。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.
- 這是一種輕率敷衍的處理問題的方式.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
- 我剛剛決定說自己有點(diǎn)過于輕率，不適合做醫(yī)生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.
- 這個團(tuán)體表示希望從政者不要再把公帑浪費(fèi)在一些它認(rèn)為無關(guān)痛癢的項(xiàng)目上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit.
- 無謂的訴訟從沒有治愈任何人.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 政府文件
- 5. Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
- 伊莎貝爾是一個輕佻的小傻瓜，自負(fù)而又反復(fù)無常。
來自辭典例句