| 单词 | tenuous |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tenjuəs] |
| 解释 | a.细薄的，稀薄的；空洞的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.细薄的，稀薄的( not dense, rare)；空洞的(flimsy, weak) 【考】 反义词：substantial (坚固的) 【记】 ten(薄，细)+uous→ 细薄的 【同】 同根词：attenuate( 变细薄)；extenuate( 减轻，掩饰) 【例】 a tenuous hope / a tenuous contact(若即若离的 关系) |
| 字源 | tenuous (adj.) 1590s, "thin, unsubstantial," irregularly formed from Latin tenuis "thin, drawn out, meager, slim, slender," figuratively "trifling, insignificant, poor, low in rank," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch" (cognates: Sanskrit tanuh "thin," literally "stretched out;" see tenet) + -ous. The correct form with respect to the Latin is tenuious. The figurative sense of "having slight importance, not substantial" is found from 1817 in English. Related: Tenuously; tenuousness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 细薄的 = slender; 稀薄的; 没有实际内容的 【记】tenu薄, 细, ous－细薄的 【参】attenuate(v 使变细薄); extenuate(v 减轻; 掩饰) 【反】substantial(adj 坚固的; 充实的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】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； |
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