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flimsy

/flim-zee/US // ˈflɪm zi //UK // (ˈflɪmzɪ) //

单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    flim·si·er, flim·si·est.

    • : without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
    • : weak; inadequate; not effective or convincing: a flimsy excuse.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural flim·sies.

    • : a thin kind of paper, especially for use in making several copies at a time of an article, telegraphic dispatch, or the like, as in newspaper work.
    • : a copy of a report or dispatch on such paper.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not strong; light, thin
adj.unconvincing, implausible
Synonyms
baseless无根据的,毫无根据,毫无根据的,无根据false假的,虚假,错误,错误的feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮groundless无根据的,无根据,无依据的,无根的lame跛脚,蹩脚的,跛脚的,瘸腿的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事assailable可攻击性,可攻击的,可攻击,可攻击性的contemptible蔑视,轻蔑,鄙视,卑鄙controvertible可争议的,有争议的,有争议,可争议fallacious谬误,谬误的,谬论,悖论illogical不合逻辑,不合逻辑的,说不通,悖论improbable不可能的,不可能的事,不可能,不会的inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的inane无稽之谈,无聊,无意义的,毫无意义的inconceivable不可思议,不可思议的,匪夷所思,难以想象incredible难以置信,不可思议,不可思议的,难以置信的inept无能,无能的人,不合适,无能为力puerile稚嫩的,稚嫩,稚气,稚气未脱superficial表面上的,表面的,表面上,表面transparent透明的,透明,透明化,透明性trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unbelievable不可思议的,难以置信,难以置信的,不可思议ungrounded未接地的,不接地气,未接地,未入地unpersuasive没有说服力的,没有说服力,毫无说服力的,不具说服力unreasonable不合情理的,不合情理,不合理的,不合常理unsatisfactory不尽人意,不满意,不满意的,不尽如人意unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱weakly弱弱地,微弱地,微弱的,微弱wishful一厢情愿,愿望,一厢情愿的,一厢情愿地

Examples

  • At under nine ounces per shoe, they feel flimsy out of the box, but even after a couple hundred miles they still have plenty of life.

  • Then there’s the reality that we are living in a global pandemic with a flimsy-at-best path to recovery.

  • When it comes to looking at CBD for pain relief, the research is even more flimsy.

  • On one of the planes, the only thing separating the infected from the non-infected was a flimsy plastic sheet.

  • The long-awaited tech antitrust report that the US Congress released on October 6 presents a remarkably flimsy case for action against the nation’s most innovative and competitive companies.

  • When it comes to invading foreign countries on false or flimsy pretexts, the Russians have lots of company.

  • Yet the scenery for this annus mirabilis production has always been rather flimsy.

  • On the last Sunday in March, Marina is hanging diapers on a flimsy clothesline stuck in the grass in the small backyard.

  • Then she disappeared, leaving me by myself in that flimsy little dress, my makeup smudged and my hair all over the place.

  • Zuckerberg, or at least the narrow, shallow portrait painted of him in The Social Network, seems to embody that flimsy promise.

  • That is a very flimsy pretext, so that the fiscals may not perform their duties faithfully against the governor.

  • But Garnache's rash temper, rising anew, tore that last flimsy chance to shreds.

  • In doing this engines were built of such flimsy construction that they soon went to pieces.

  • Its flimsy lock broke easily under the pressure, and he sprang inside.

  • Poor Mrs. Morton was a flimsy woman, without much stamina, mental or bodily.