Frivolous
['frɪv(ə)ləs] or ['frɪvələs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not serious in content or attitude or behavior; 'a frivolous novel'; 'a frivolous remark'; 'a frivolous young woman' .
編輯:娜塔莎--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Trifling, trivial, worthless, petty, flimsy, idle, puerile, childish, trashy, foolish.
欧文整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Trifling, silly, trivial, petty, worthless
ANT:Serious, earnest, important, grave
校對:拉里
解釋/意思:
adj. trifling: silly.—n. Frivol′ity act or habit of trifling: levity.—adv. Friv′olously.—n. Friv′olousness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts. 威爾基·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. 雪麗.
- The same frivolous passions, which influence their conduct, influence his. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- 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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Meess Lucie has regarded this ceremony as too frivolous to be honoured by her observance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- They are still more frivolous, who say, that every effect must have a cause, because it is implyed in the very idea of effect. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- What will our friends think of us, who may chance to be upon the street and witness our frivolous antics? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But this distinction is entirely frivolous. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I certainly do not admire the end he serves: the extension of an autocrat's power is a frivolous perversion of government. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- As if it were not very painful to me to see you an idle frivolous creature. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- 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. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The few chapters relating to the infancy of the Saviour contain many things which seem frivolous and not worth preserving. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- When once the spirit of dissension had arisen, the most frivolous causes gave it activity. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Though he said all this in his frivolous way, the way seemed, for that once, a conscious polishing of but an ugly surface. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There is not, perhaps, any selfish pleasure so frivolous, of which the pursuit has not sometimes ruined even sensible men. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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