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ten·u·ous 英ˈtenjuːəs美ˈtɛnjuəsAHDtĕnʹy›-əs ★☆☆☆☆高四ＧＩＳＴ宝八COCA¹⁶⁹²⁷BNC¹⁶⁰⁴²iWeb²⁰³⁰³Economist¹⁵⁹⁵³
基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
adj.脆弱的³⁴;稀薄的²²;贫乏的¹²;纤细的²⁷;空洞的⁵副词tenuously名词tenuousness
变薄小物理空洞精神缺乏，稀少
Adjective:
having thin consistency;a tenuous fluid very thin in gauge or diameter;a tenuous thread lacking substance or significance;slight evidence a tenuous argument a thin plot 来自拉丁语tenuis，拉长的，薄的，细的。来自原始印欧语ten，展开，词源同extend, thin, attenuate。引申词义纤细的，脆弱的等。 ten来自古英语ten。来自原始日耳曼语*tehun。来自原始印欧语*dekmt，十，词源同dean, December，进一步来自*de，二，词源同di-，二，*kmt，手。字面意思即两只手。ten-, tend-持有，握住，控制，延伸，伸长，试探，尝试，变细。来自拉丁语tenare，握住，控制。来自tendere，延伸，伸长，最终来自原始印欧语ten，伸长，拉。由该印欧词根主要引申如下词义：1，持有，握住，控制，词源同tenure, contain。2，延伸，伸长，词源同extend, tend。3，变细，变薄，词源同tender, thin。4、试探，尝试，词源同tentacle, tentative。 extendex-，向外，-tend，延伸，词源同tend, tense。 thin来自古英语thynne，薄的。来自原始日耳曼语*thunni，薄的。来自原始印欧语ten，延展，拉长，词源同extend, tender, tenuous。词义由拉长引申为细长，薄的，脆弱的等诸多相关词义。 attenuateat-，向，往，-ten，变细，词源同thin, extenuate。钱博士tenu细的，薄的+ous形容词后缀→细的，薄的⇒微弱的，脆弱的
词根tenu-细的，薄的来自拉丁语，源自原始印欧语词根*ten-延展，拉长，物体延展后就会变细变薄。同源词根有ten-抓住，保持、ton-延展，拉紧和tend-延展，拉长等。GRE红宝书tenu薄, 细, ous－细薄的
近于thin；与tend, tain同源，细，薄，可理解为拉，延伸后变薄变细；音：太扭，扭东西橡皮筋扭得太厉害，直到变得细薄；音：牛，十头牛去拉，拉得绳子越来越长，都成又细又薄了；
ten薄，细+uous→ 细薄的GRE难词记忆tenu 音“太牛”→太牛了，把羊肉片切得这么薄太牛了，大冷天还穿这么薄tenu→tune n.曲调→弱的曲调谐音记忆tenu音“太牛”→太牛了，把羊肉片切得这么薄太牛了，大冷天还穿这么薄tenu→tunen.曲调⇒弱的曲调GRE难词记忆tenuous→tenu薄，弱+ous→薄的词根记忆tenu薄，细+ ous ⇒细薄的词根记忆tenu细，薄+ous…的→纤细的词根记忆ten薄+uous近义词 weak弱的thin薄的aerial空中的feeble虚弱的slight轻微的slender细长的shaky不稳固的vague不明确的fragile易碎的flimsy轻而薄得questionable可疑的half-hearted缺乏热情的unsubstantiated无事实根据的…unconvincing不足以令人相信的…
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用作形容词Our existence is far moretenuousthan we might think.但我们的生命远比想像的要脆弱。
Cassini had passed through atenuouscloud.卡西尼号还曾经穿越过稀薄的云层。
The air ten miles above the earth is verytenuous.地面往上十英里处的气体是非常稀薄的。
He gave atenuousaccount of his past life.他对他过去的生活说得很含糊。
Thetenuousstate of the chromosomes during the period between cell divisions should not suggest that they are inert at this time.在细胞分裂期间，纤细状态的染色体并不表明此时它们是不活跃的。
The cross-dating links were oftentenuous.跨年代的联系往往是空洞无力的。adj.weak, thin
同义词 delicate,dubious,flimsy,insubstantial,nebulous,questionable,shaky,sketchyaerial,airy,attenuate,attenuated,doubtful,ethereal,fine,gossamer,insignificant,light,narrow,rare,rarefied,reedy,slender,slight,slim,subtle,twiggy
反义词 certain,definite,firm,heavy,strong,substantial,surehealthy,significant,stable,thick
airyadjective delicate or ethereal
dainty,diaphanous,flimsy,fragile,frail,frivolous,illusory,imaginary,immaterial,intangible,light,rare,rarefied,thin,vaporous,visionary,volatile,weightless,wispy
etherealadjective delicate, heavenly
aerial,airy,celestial,dainty,divine,empyreal,empyrean,exquisite,fairy,filmy,fine,gaseous,ghostly,gossamer,impalpable,insubstantial,intangible,light,rarefied,refined,spiritual,sublime,subtle,supernal,tenuous,unearthly,unsubstantial,unworldly,vaporous,vapory
evanescentadjective transient
brief,disappearing,fading,fleeting,momentary,passing,short-lived,temporary,tenuous,vanishing
exiguousadjective scanty
bare,confined,diminutive,inadequate,limited,little,meager,narrow,negligible,paltry,petty,poor,restricted,skimpy,slender,slight,small,spare,sparse,tenuous,thin,tiny
faintadjective having little effect on senses
aside,bated,bland,bleached,blurred,breathless,deadened,deep,delicate,dim,distant,dull,dusty,epicene,faded,faltering,far-off,feeble,gentle,hazy,hoarse,hushed,ill-defined,imperceptible,inaudible,indistinct,lenient,light,low,low-pitched,mild,moderate,muffled,murmuring,muted,muttering,obscure,out of earshot,padded,pale,piano,quiet,remote,shadowy,slight,smooth,soft,softened,soothing,stifled,subdued,tenuous,thin,unclear,vague,wan,weak,whispered
fainteradjective having little effect on senses
aside,bated,bland,bleached,blurred,breathless,deadened,deep,delicate,dim,distant,dull,dusty,faded,faltering,far-off,feeble,gentle,hazy,hoarse,hushed,ill-defined,imperceptible,inaudible,indistinct,lenient,light,low,low-pitched,mild,moderate,muffled,murmuring,muted,muttering,obscure,out of earshot,padded,pale,piano,quiet,remote,shadowy,slight,smooth,soft,softened,soothing,stifled,subdued,tenuous,thin,unclear,vague,wan,weak,whispered The president, by contrast, has focused on locking in his tenuous gains, touting the outcome as a“ ten to zero” landslide.
恰好相反，总统先生专注于保护自己尚未稳定的成果，大肆宣扬投票结果是“十比零”的压倒性胜出。 ecocn
The solar wind is a high-speed but extremely tenuous stream of electrically charged gases—ionized hydrogen and helium—that flow outward from the sun.
太阳风是一种高速但非常稀薄的从太阳向外流动的带电气体离子氢、氦流。 yeeyan
To be sure, the recovery in Asia is tenuous, and highly dependent on a recovery in the West, a major market for the region’s export-driven economies.
当然，亚洲的复苏仍是微弱，而且高度依赖于西方国家的复苏，西方国家是这个地区出口驱动型经济的主要市场。 yeeyan
As the supernova blast wave slams into tenuous clouds of interstellar gas, the resulting collision heats and compresses the gas, causing it to glow.
当高速行进的超新星冲击波与稀薄的星际气体相撞时，气体受到压缩和加热，因此而发光。 yeeyan
As tenuous as the current state- building is, it rests on the creation of institutions critical to any sustainable economy.
就像现在模棱两可的国家建设，有赖于创造一种可以实现经济可持续发展的体系。 yeeyan
But according to many experts, the link between surviving sexual abuse and committing sexual abuse is much more tenuous than popular narratives would lead us to believe.
然而，许多专家认为，经受性虐待与犯下性虐待之间的联系微乎其微，远不及流行故事使我们相信的那样。 yeeyan
But the NTC itself acknowledges that its legitimacy is tenuous.
但是全国过度委员会NTC本身承认其合法性是脆弱的。 ecocn
Dates are still pretty tenuous, but last month another Chinese space official said the country would send a man to the moon by 2025.
具体日期依然非常含糊，而上个月另一位中国航空部门官员说，将在2025年前派人登月。 yeeyan
Dugongs are now legally protected throughout their range, but their populations are still in a tenuous state.
儒艮目前在整个范围内受到法律的保护，但其数量仍然处于贫乏的状态中。 yeeyan
Even at its most tenuous and hollowed out, he finds some shape, a sense of cyclic pattern.
甚至在它最纤细也被耗尽的时刻，他看到生命的老去所展现出的轮回之义。 ecocn
EVERY day there are new stories in the tabloids about the latest link, sometimes tenuous, sometimes contradictory, between cancer and some aspect of lifestyle.
每天都有关于癌症与某种生活方式的最新的小报消息，有时候是浮夸，有时候是自相矛盾的。 ecocn
Every cubic kilometre of the ring contains around20 tiny particles of dust, making it so tenuous, it would be invisible from the inside.
这个光环每立方公里含有约20颗尘埃微粒，结构非常稀薄，站在光环内部都看不见它本身。 yeeyan
For this there is only tenuous empirical support when interest rates are close to zero.
对于这一点，当利率接近零时，只有微弱的经验方面的支持。 ecocn
Given globalization, the furious pace of mergers and acquisitions, and continuous cost pressures, job security is increasingly tenuous.
鉴于当前全球化，激烈的兼并和收购和持续的成本压力，工作安全越来越空洞和脆弱。 yeeyan
Here, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas nitrogen- red, hydrogen- green, and oxygen- blue outline the tenuous walls of the hourglass.
图中精美而多彩的环状炽热气体云红色为氮，绿色为氢，氧为蓝色描绘出了纤细的沙漏形状。 yeeyan
I found Nesbitt's attempts to draw links between the differences in thought processes and sociology, history and linguistics to be somewhat tenuous.
我发现尼斯贝特试图把思维过程中的差异与社会学、历史学和语言学的差异联系起来，这些联系有些脆弱。 yeeyan
If our self respect is based on the praise of others then our self respect will be very tenuous.
如果我们的自我尊重建立在他人的表扬之上，那么这种自我尊重将是非常脆弱的。 yeeyan
If there was a kind of team attitude going on like what men have, the only thing stopping women from taking over would be the tenuous grasp that old white men have on power right now.
如果说有一种像男人有什么之类的老旧集体观念继续存在的话，唯一可以组织女人控制世界东西就是传统的白种男人立刻控制世界，而这是异想天开。 yeeyan
If we fail to make that case effectively, we will weaken already tenuous democratic forces and embolden those in Iraq who seek to foment chaos and instability.
如果我们不能有效地做到这点，我们将削弱本来就已软弱的民主力量，并给那些企图制造混乱和动荡的伊拉克人壮胆。 hjenglish
In the key U.S. market, a recovery in demand remains tenuous with unemployment still rising and consumer sentiment down sharply.
在重要的美国市场，失业率仍在上升，消费者信心急剧萎缩，因此需求的反弹仍然不堪一击。 iciba
In other words, the intersection between polite professionalism and honest conversation can be a tenuous crossroads.
在换句话说，礼貌的方式和诚实的交谈之间是一个微妙的十字路口。 yeeyan
In this method, the relationship of risk management and the key project measurements is tenuous.
在此方法中，风险管理和关键项目测量的关系是纤细的。 ibm
The balance is tenuous, but right now it's working to his advantage.
这平衡是微妙的，但它现在对他产生了有利的一面。 yeeyan
This had imposed a tenuous calm in the city, but was swept from power by Ethiopian forces in2006 because its erstwhile allies in the Shabab, or“ Youth”, had ties with al- Qaeda.
这种情况给城市带来了些许安宁，但是因为索比亚军在沙巴或青年军以前的盟友与基地组织有联系，所以它在2006年就把政府赶下台了。 ecocn
This is where hopes of an Asia- led rebound are most tenuous.
这就是为何亚洲所带领的复苏希望是如此脆弱了. yeeyan
Time, however, made Reich's grasp on reality more tenuous, particularly after he fled to America in 1939.
时间证明，赖希的理论越来越空洞而偏离实际，尤其是1939年他逃到美国之后。 yeeyan |