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基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
adj.轻佻的³⁶;妄动的¹²;琐碎的³⁶;无足轻重的¹⁶副词frivolously名词frivolousness
情感破裂草率
Adjective:
not serious in content or attitude or behavior;a frivolous novel a frivolous remark a frivolous young woman 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。GRE红宝书frivo弄成碎屑－无关紧要的读: free 味儿lous: 动不动就放P味儿－轻率的不认真严肃的
free 随意，无限制的 + vol 心→自由与随意的意志；不是serious的
friv愚蠢+olous→ 愚蠢的→轻佻的GRE难词记忆frivolous→frivol a.轻浮的+ous→轻浮的词根记忆friv愚蠢+ olous → 愚蠢的 ⇒轻佻的近义词 light光idle无目的vain自负的silly愚蠢的shallow浅的inane愚蠢的dizzy晕眩的giddy眼花的perky活泼的criminal罪犯foolish愚蠢的flighty轻浮的flippant轻率的trivial不重要的aimless无目的的playful爱玩耍的headlong头向前的unimportant不重要的frolicsome爱闹着玩的lighthearted心情愉快的inconsequential不合逻辑的反义词 serious严肃的
形容词99%,名词1%
用作形容词She had a reputation of being afrivolouscoquette.大家都说她是一个轻佻的荡妇。
Some of Mr Obama's friends spook business.Whereas Mr McCain supports curbs onfrivolouslawsuits, trial lawyers back Mr Obama with open wallets.奥巴马的朋友们在起诉公司，而麦凯恩却支持限制琐碎的诉讼，而诉讼律师们敞开了口袋支持奥巴马。
Don't waste your time onfrivolousmatters.别把时间浪费在无足轻重的事情上。adj.trivial, silly
同义词 foolish,idiotic,impractical,petty,pointless,senselessbarmy,childish,dizzy,empty-headed,facetious,featherbrained,flighty,flip,flippant,gay,giddy,harebrained,idle,ill-considered,juvenile,light,light-minded,minor,niggling,nonserious,not serious,paltry,peripheral,playful,puerile,scatterbrained,shallow,sportive,superficial,tongue-in-cheek,unimportant,unprofound,volatile,whimsical
反义词 intelligent,sensible,wisegrave,mature,serious,solemn,thoughtful
aimlessadjective having no goal
accidental,any which way,bits and pieces,blind,capricious,careless,casual,chance,desultory,directionless,drifting,erratic,fanciful,fickle,fits and starts,flighty,fortuitous,goalless,haphazard,heedless,hit-or-miss,indecisive,indiscriminate,irresolute,objectless,pointless,purposeless,random,shiftless,stray,thoughtless,unavailing,undirected,unguided,unplanned,unpredictable,vagrant,wandering,wanton,wayward
airyadjective delicate or ethereal
dainty,diaphanous,flimsy,fragile,frail,frivolous,illusory,imaginary,immaterial,intangible,light,rare,rarefied,tenuous,thin,vaporous,visionary,volatile,weightless,wispy
arbitraryadjective whimsical, chance
approximate,capricious,discretionary,erratic,fanciful,frivolous,inconsistent,injudicious,irrational,irresponsible,offhand,optional,random,subjective,supercilious,superficial,unaccountable,unreasonable,unscientific,wayward,willful
childishadjective immature, silly
adolescent,baby,babyish,callow,childlike,foolish,frivolous,green,infantile,infantine,innocent,jejune,juvenile,kid stuff,naive,puerile,unsophisticated,young,youthful
dizzyadjective flighty, scatterbrained
capricious,changeable,crazy,empty-headed,fatuous,feather-brained,fickle,foolish,frivolous,giddy,harebrained,heady,inane,light-headed,silly,skittish,unstable
emptyadjective fruitless, ineffective
aimless,banal,barren,cheap,dead,deadpan,devoid,dishonest,dumb,expressionless,fatuous,flat,frivolous,futile,hollow,idle,ignorant,inane,ineffectual,inexpressive,insincere,insipid,jejune,meaningless,nugatory,otiose,paltry,petty,purposeless,senseless,silly,trivial,unintelligent,unreal,unsatisfactory,unsubstantial,vacuous,vain,valueless,vapid,worthless The early 2000s were grim: terrorist attacks in America, a global outbreak of SARS and the war in Iraq all tempered people’s appetites for international travel and frivolous purchases.
21世纪的开端实属不利：美国遭遇恐怖袭击，全球爆发非典还有伊拉克战争都使人们环球旅行和轻浮采购的欲望大减。 ecocn
Colleagues from“the real world” as the private sector is habitually called, as though the governance of the country were some frivolous Narnia often flop as politicians.
作为政客，从“真实世界”私营部门习惯这么称呼他们，就好像治理国家的是些轻佻的纳尼亚人出来的同僚们通常会惨败。 ecocn
He combined great strategic vision with almost frivolous indifference to detail, a steely moral view of life with shocking prejudice about his fellow citizens.
他有着宽广的战略视野和对于细节近乎轻浮的漠视，用顽强的道德观来对待对他的市民有着极大的偏见的生活。 topsage
These pioneers realized very rapidly that to work within the restraints of the technology, they would have to be diligent to avoid overloading their systems with frivolous commands.
这些先驱者很快就意识到，要在技术限制下工作，他们将必须细心地用琐碎的命令避免系统过载。 ibm |