tenuous

美['tenjuəs] 英['tenjuəs]

adj. 脆弱的；稀薄的；贫乏的；纤细的；空洞的

副词：tenuously 名词：tenuousness

近义词：slender，aerial，weak，shaky，unsubstantiated，questionable，feeble，vague，unconvincing，half-hearted，slight，thin，flimsy，fragile，

adj.(形容词)

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"

用作形容词(adj.)

Our existence is far more tenuous than we might think.但我们的生命远比想像的要脆弱。
Cassini had passed through a tenuous cloud.卡西尼号还曾经穿越过稀薄的云层。
The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.地面往上十英里处的气体是非常稀薄的。
He gave a tenuous account of his past life.他对他过去的生活说得很含糊。
The tenuous state 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 often tenuous.跨年代的联系往往是空洞无力的。

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