tenuous中文什么意思

adj.
1.〔罕用语〕细的，薄的。
2.稀薄的。
3.微细的，精细的，烦琐的。
+更多解释...4.贫乏的；空洞无力的。
短语和例子
a tenuous fog 薄雾。 tenuous wires 细电线。 ideas too tenuous to be adopted 太空洞不值得采纳的想法。

• fine; tenuous:    纤小
• tenuous atmosphere:    稀薄大气
• tenuous gossamer:    纤细的游丝

例句与用法

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1. The sonia connection had been dismissed throughout the 1960s as too tenuous to be relied upon .
   整个60年代，人们都认为索尼亚这条线索证据不足，难以置信，因而也无人过问。
2. We both know how tenuous a relation there is between a man's intentions and the consequences of his acts .
   我们两人都知道，在一个人的意图和他的行动后果之间，存在着多么微妙的关系。
3. I kept a tenuous connection with the history school, wrote my two essays a week, and attended an occasional lecture .
   我和历史学院保持着若即若离的联系，一周写两篇论文，听听临时讲座。
4. The tenuous state of the chromosomes during the period between cell divisions should not suggest that they are inert at this time .
   在细胞分裂期间，纤细状态的染色体并不表明此时它们是不活跃的。
5. The picture, then, when general anderson took over the entire battle front, was that of a long tenuous line stretching from bizerte to gafsa .
   安徒生将军受命负责指挥之全线，系从比塞大延至盖夫萨的一条长而脆弱的阵线。

英文释义

形容词

1. lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
   同义词：flimsy, fragile, slight, thin
2. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
3. having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"