tenuous

[US]/ˈtenjuəs/
[UK]/ˈtenjuəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 薄弱的;细微的;空洞的;无关紧要的

Phrases & Collocations

tenuous connection

牵强的联系

tenuous evidence

脆弱的证据

tenuous relationship

微弱的关系

Example Sentences

a tenuous nylon rope

很细的尼龙绳

a tenuous line of argument

空洞的辩论方式

the tenuous air at a great height

高空的稀薄空气

He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.

他对现实认识很肤浅。

the tenuous link between interest rates and investment.

利率与投资之间可有可无的联系。

keeping the tenuous thread of life attached to a dying body.

保住垂危的体内残存的一口气。

pedicel tenuous, 6-8 mm, glabrous, base with multicolumn deltoid scales.

花梗细的,6-8毫米,无毛,基部具多层正三角形鳞片。

Working on a comparable timescale, SIM should provide positional information for a subsample of faint stars, thereby probing the most tenuous star streams.

在此同时,SIM应能提供黯淡恒星次级样本的位置资讯,从而侦测最稀薄的恒星流。

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