tenuous
美音:
[´tenjəwəs
]英音:
[´tenjəwəs
]adj.纤细的
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tenuous为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:tenuousness 副词:tenuously
词根
tenu=thin(细薄的)
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tenuous
/'tenjʊəs; `tɛnjuəs/
adj
1 thin; slender 薄的; 细的
*the tenuous threads of a spider's web 蜘蛛网的细丝.
2 having little substance or significance; very slight 空洞无物的; 无关紧要的; 细微的
*tenuous distinctions 细微的区别
* preserve tenuous links with one's former friends 与过去的朋友维持不即不离的联系
* The difference, if it exists, is extremely tenuous. 这种差别即使存在也是微不足道的.
tenuous
adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: tenuis 'thin, tenuous']
a situation or relationship that is tenuous is uncertain, weak, or likely to change
For now, the band's travel plans are tenuous.
tenuous link/connection etc
The United Peace Alliance had only a tenuous connection with the organized Labour movement.
The link between her family and the King's is rather tenuous.
literary very thin and easily broken
>tenuouslyadv
1. The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous. 地面上十英里处的气体是非常稀薄的。
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