Frivolous
['frɪv(ə)ləs] or ['frɪvələs]
解释:
(adj.) not serious in content or attitude or behavior; 'a frivolous novel'; 'a frivolous remark'; 'a frivolous young woman' .
编辑:娜塔莎--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument.
(a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
手打:奥利
同义词及近义词：
a. Trifling, trivial, worthless, petty, flimsy, idle, puerile, childish, trashy, foolish.
欧文整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Trifling, silly, trivial, petty, worthless
ANT:Serious, earnest, important, grave
校对:拉里
解释:
adj. trifling: silly.—n. Frivol′ity act or habit of trifling: levity.—adv. Friv′olously.—n. Friv′olousness.
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例句:
- The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In her estimation, to be mirthful was to be profane, to be cheerful was to be frivolous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The same frivolous passions, which influence their conduct, influence his. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- But you must have three weeks to do India properly, her husband conceded, anxious to have it understood that he was no frivolous globe-trotter. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Meess Lucie has regarded this ceremony as too frivolous to be honoured by her observance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- They are still more frivolous, who say, that every effect must have a cause, because it is implyed in the very idea of effect. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- What will our friends think of us, who may chance to be upon the street and witness our frivolous antics? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But this distinction is entirely frivolous. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- But they were kindly people, in spite of the frivolous life they led, and soon put their guest at her ease. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I certainly do not admire the end he serves: the extension of an autocrat's power is a frivolous perversion of government. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- As if it were not very painful to me to see you an idle frivolous creature. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- She has been allowed to dispose of her time in the most idle and frivolous manner, and to adopt any opinions that came in her way. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I recognize that the red herring is more often frivolous and personal--a matter of misrepresentation and spite--than an honest attempt to enlarge the scope of politics. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The few chapters relating to the infancy of the Saviour contain many things which seem frivolous and not worth preserving. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- When once the spirit of dissension had arisen, the most frivolous causes gave it activity. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Though he said all this in his frivolous way, the way seemed, for that once, a conscious polishing of but an ugly surface. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- There is not, perhaps, any selfish pleasure so frivolous, of which the pursuit has not sometimes ruined even sensible men. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
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