flimsy
音标：
美音：/ˈflɪmzi/，英音：/ˈflɪmzi/
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Droughts and floods will only increase the number of African migrants who set out on flimsy craft to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.
干旱和洪水只会增加乘坐脆弱的船只穿越地中海进入欧洲的非洲移民的数量。
—Washington Post
The British government has been under pressure to stop people from paying smugglers to cross some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in flimsy vessels.
英国政府一直面临压力，要求阻止人们花钱请走私者乘坐脆弱的船只穿越世界上一些最繁忙的航道。
—Washington Times
Salvini’s first move was to close off ports to the slew of nongovernmental groups that sail around the Mediterranean and attempt to rescue immigrants from their flimsy boats.
萨尔维尼的第一个举措是关闭港口，禁止大量在地中海航行并试图从脆弱的船只上营救移民的非政府组织。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
noun
a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
adj. 脆弱的；浅薄的；易损坏的；不周密的
同义词：
onionskin,fragile,slight,tenuous,thin,unconvincing
短释义：
You can describe weak, thin, and fragile things as flimsy. Onion smells are strong, onion skins are flimsy. Blaming onions for making you cry during a sad movie, that’s a flimsy excuse, when there are no onions in the theater.
您可以将脆弱、薄弱和脆弱的事物描述为脆弱。洋葱的气味很浓，洋葱皮很脆弱。责怪洋葱让你在看悲伤的电影时哭泣，这是一个站不住脚的借口，因为剧院里没有洋葱。
长释义：
A flimsy object and a flimsy objection or excuse are both without weight and are easy to knock down. You can see right through a flimsy curtain, and you can see right through a flimsy lie. If a tent or house of cards is flimsy, it will fall down with a slight breeze, and if your story isn’t convincing anyone, it’s probably weak and flimsy enough to flatten, too.
一个脆弱的对象和一个脆弱的反对或借口都是没有重量的，很容易被打倒。你可以看穿脆弱的窗帘，也可以看穿脆弱的谎言。如果帐篷或纸牌屋很脆弱，它会被微风吹倒，如果你的故事没有说服任何人，它可能也很脆弱和脆弱，足以被压扁。
文学例句：
And everyone else won’t have fancy poster boards with foam letters that make my flimsy piece of newsprint that the teacher gave me look like gray toilet paper.
其他人不会有带有泡沫字母的花哨海报板，让我那张老师给我的脆弱新闻纸看起来像灰色卫生纸。
—The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
But the other—the little running figure reproduced on the flimsy paper was that of a woman.
但另一个——在薄薄的纸上再现的那个奔跑的小身影是一个女人。
—Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry
But soon, we had a flimsy shelter from the burning sun.
但很快，我们就有了一个脆弱的避难所来躲避烈日。
—The Cay by Theodore Taylor
词源：
flimsy (adj.)1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily; flimsiness.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
flimsy (adj.)1702，来源不明，可能是 film (n.)“gauzy covering”+ -y (2) 的变形。从 1750 年代起比喻地（争论等）。相关：脆弱；脆弱。相关条目及更多
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