frivolous
英 ['fr?v(?)l?s]
美 ['fr?v?l?s]
助記提示
1. frivol- (諧音“浮略我、浮掠喔、忽略我”) => frivolous。
中文詞源
frivolous 愚蠢的，可笑的來自拉丁語friare, 破開的，卷曲的，詞源同friable, friction. 用來指經不起推敲，愚蠢可笑的言語。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.
- 這是一種輕率敷衍的處理問題的方式.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
- 我剛剛決定說自己有點過于輕率，不適合做醫生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.
- 這個團體表示希望從政者不要再把公帑浪費在一些它認為無關痛癢的項目上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit.
- 無謂的訴訟從沒有治愈任何人.
來自英漢非文學 - 政府文件
- 5. Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
- 伊莎貝爾是一個輕佻的小傻瓜，自負而又反復無常。
來自辭典例句