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tenuous adj.脆弱的；稀薄的；贫乏的；纤细的；空洞的 (1) 但我们的生命远比想像的要脆弱。(2) 卡西尼号还曾经穿越过稀薄的云层。(3) 地面往上十英里处的气体是非常稀薄的。(4) 他对他过去的生活说得很含糊。(5) 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。(6) 跨年代的联系往往是空洞无力的。 Tenuous comes from the Latin word tenuis, for thin, and is related to our word tender. Something can be physically tenuous, like a spiderweb or ice on a pond. We more often use it in a metaphorical sense, to talk about weak ideas. Tenuous arguments won't win any debate tournaments. Synonyms for tenuous, also used physically or metaphorically, are flimsy and shaky.

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英 ['tenjuəs] 美 ['tenjuəs] (1) Our existence is far more tenuous than we might think.(2) Cassini had passed through a tenuous cloud.(3) The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.(4) He gave a tenuous account of his past life.(5) The tenuous state of the chromosomes during the period between cell divisions should not suggest that they are inert at this time.(6) The cross-dating links were often tenuous. If something is tenuous it's thin, either literally or metaphorically. If you try to learn a complicated mathematical concept by cramming for 45 minutes, you will have a tenuous grasp of that concept, at best. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](联系)脆弱的；(理由)站不住脚的，牵强的；(地位)不稳固的 If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone's position as tenuous, you mean that it is very uncertain or weak. The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very tenuous...许多省份之间的文化和历史纽带被认为是很脆弱的。This decision puts the President in a somewhat tenuous position.这个决定使得总统的位置有些岌岌可危。tenuouslyThe sub-plots are only tenuously interconnected.次要情节之间的联系有点牵强。

英语单词	tenuous
英美音标	英 ['tenjuəs] 美 ['tenjuəs]
中文释义	adj.脆弱的；稀薄的；贫乏的；纤细的；空洞的
英语例句	(1) Our existence is far more tenuous than we might think. (2) Cassini had passed through a tenuous cloud. (3) The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous. (4) He gave a tenuous account of his past life. (5) The tenuous state of the chromosomes during the period between cell divisions should not suggest that they are inert at this time. (6) The cross-dating links were often tenuous.
中文例句	(1) 但我们的生命远比想像的要脆弱。 (2) 卡西尼号还曾经穿越过稀薄的云层。 (3) 地面往上十英里处的气体是非常稀薄的。 (4) 他对他过去的生活说得很含糊。 (5) 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。 (6) 跨年代的联系往往是空洞无力的。
vocabulary简明	If something is tenuous it's thin, either literally or metaphorically. If you try to learn a complicated mathematical concept by cramming for 45 minutes, you will have a tenuous grasp of that concept, at best.
vocabulary扩展	Tenuous comes from the Latin word tenuis, for thin, and is related to our word tender. Something can be physically tenuous, like a spiderweb or ice on a pond. We more often use it in a metaphorical sense, to talk about weak ideas. Tenuous arguments won't win any debate tournaments. Synonyms for tenuous, also used physically or metaphorically, are flimsy and shaky.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](联系)脆弱的；(理由)站不住脚的，牵强的；(地位)不稳固的 If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone's position as tenuous, you mean that it is very uncertain or weak. The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very tenuous... 许多省份之间的文化和历史纽带被认为是很脆弱的。 This decision puts the President in a somewhat tenuous position. 这个决定使得总统的位置有些岌岌可危。 tenuously The sub-plots are only tenuously interconnected. 次要情节之间的联系有点牵强。

Tenuous Links Thin Word Physically 英 Tenjuəs] 美 Tenjuəs