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tenuously

/ten-yoo-uhs/US // ˈtɛn yu əs //UK // (ˈtɛnjʊəs) //

勉强,勉强地,勉强的,切实

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
    • : of slight importance or significance: He holds a rather tenuous position in history.
    • : lacking in clarity; vague: He gave a rather tenuous account of his past life.
    • : thin or slender in form, as a thread.
    • : thin in consistency; rare or rarefied.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
casually随便说说,随便,随意,胡乱地delicately娇滴滴地,巧妙地,娇艳地,娇嫩地easily很容易,容易,轻松地,轻松faintly隐约可见,隐隐约约地,隐约地,隐隐约约freely自如的,自如地,自如,自由自在gingerly轻轻地,缓慢地,轻轻的,怯生生地mildly轻度,温和地,温和的,温和moderately中度,适度,中等,中等程度quietly悄悄地,静静地,悄悄的,安静地simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地slightly略有,稍微,稍微有点,略微softly轻轻地,轻轻的,柔和地,轻轻地说sparsely稀少的,稀少,稀疏地,稀疏的subtly巧妙地,巧妙的,巧妙,微妙地tenderly温柔地,温柔的,温柔地对待,轻轻地thinly薄薄地,薄薄的,稀疏地,稀疏agilely敏捷地,灵活地,敏捷的,敏捷airily轻轻地,气喘吁吁,飘飘然,气喘吁吁地breezily微风拂面,微风吹拂,轻轻地,微风拂过carelessly不经意地,不经意间,不小心,不经意的daintily潇洒地,潇洒的,潇洒,淡淡地ethereally空灵的,精神上,空灵,空灵地flippantly草草地,草草了事,胡乱地,胡乱frivolously轻率地,轻率,轻狂,轻浮heedlessly漫不经心地,漫不经心,不经意地,漫不经心的indifferently漠然地,冷漠地,漠然,漠视地leniently宽大地,宽松地,宽厚地,宽大处理nimbly敏捷地,飘逸地,飘飘然地,飘逸peacefully平静地,和平地,平安地,平静的readily随时随地,随时,辄,欣然slightingly微微地,稍微,稍微有点,微微smoothly顺利地,平稳地,顺利的,顺利sparingly节省,稀少的,稀少,稀少地thoughtlessly不经意地,不加思索地,不经意间,漫不经心地timidly怯懦地,怯怯地,胆怯地,怯生生地unsubstantially非实质性,非实质性的,非实质性地,毫无意义的well很好,良好的,好的,好

Examples

  • Haskins, a 2019 first-round pick, was waived by Washington in late December after two tenuous seasons in which he was demoted and fined by the team twice each.

  • While Democrats have held the House since after the 2018 election, their majority is tenuous.

  • The Steelers didn’t stop charging, but the lead never again felt tenuous.

  • It’s a tenuous trust, easily broken by one bad apple, one off-campus party that turns into a superspreading event.

  • Things had just begun falling into place, giving her a tenuous foothold into the American middle class.

  • It was never a huge hit, but its stories resonated with an American public tenuously relearning moral ambiguity.

  • Nearby a faded red “January 25 Revolution” flag was tenuously pinned to the wall.

  • Some of these accounts were based on fact, some on a mix of fact and fiction, some only tenuously connected to the truth.

  • Wyatt hung tenuously to a stanchion by a port, watched the night lights recede and the stars begin blooming.

  • A few anecdotes, obviously based quite tenuously upon hearsay, will suffice to illustrate.

  • Beneath them spread the valley with the band of the river winding tenuously through the bottoms of the Harper farm.