frivolous
英['frɪv(ə)ləs]
美['frɪvələs]
词态变化
副词: frivolously;助记提示
1. frivol- (谐音“浮略我、浮掠喔、忽略我”) => frivolous。中文词源
frivolous 愚蠢的，可笑的来自拉丁语friare, 破开的，卷曲的，词源同friable, friction. 用来指经不起推敲，愚蠢可笑的言语。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.
- 这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
- 我刚刚决定说自己有点过于轻率，不适合做医生。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.
- 这个团体表示希望从政者不要再把公帑浪费在一些它认为无关痛痒的项目上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit.
- 无谓的诉讼从没有治愈任何人.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- 5. Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
- 伊莎贝尔是一个轻佻的小傻瓜，自负而又反复无常。
来自辞典例句