tenuous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Thin in substance or consistency.
    — The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
  2. Insubstantial.
    — His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
  3. Precarious, dependent upon unreliable things.
    — Paulina's repeated, almost anxious iteration of the lawfulness of her actions serves as a reminder of women's tenuous stance before the law in early modern English society.

词形变化

more tenuous comparative most tenuous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
tenuosity tenuously tenuousness
相关词
attenuate extenuate tenuities tenuity tendrilous wispy

词源

Irregularly formed from Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous. Compare tenuious.
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