frivolous 详细解释

frivolous

['frivələs]

adj.轻佻的, 妄动的,琐碎的, 无足轻重的

a.

1. 轻薄的, 轻佻的

He made some frivolous remarks.

他说了些轻佻话。

2. 无聊的, 琐碎的[+to-v]

He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.

他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。

It was frivolous of him to make such an accusation.

他提出这样的指控真无聊。

词形变化

副词: frivolously | 名词: frivolousness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.轻率的; 次要的; 笨的

silly  shallow  flippant  unimportant  light  trivial  foolish  inane  

同义参见:

headlong  criminal  aimless  flighty  

反义参见:

solemn  serious  

英英释义

形容词 frivolous:

not serious in content or attitude or behavior

补充

frivolousfrivolous英:[ˈfrivələs] 美:[ˈfrɪvələs]adj.1.不重要的, 不必要的2.轻浮愚蠢的

例句

1. Isabelle was a frivolous little fool.伊莎贝尔是个举止轻浮的小傻瓜。 2. a business as fickle and frivolous as fashion像时尚那样难以捉摸、肤浅轻薄的行业 3. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.我就是觉得自己有点过于轻浮, 当不了医生。 4. The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.这一团体称希望政客们不要把公众的钱浪费在在其看来毫无意义的项目上。 5. rules to stop frivolous law suits.制止为琐事打官司的规章。 6. She thinks window shopping is a frivolous activity.她认为只逛不买没什么意思。 7. a frivolous lawsuit [=a lawsuit about something that is not important]不重要的诉讼 8. a frivolous conversation无聊的对话 9. She was spending money frivolously.她当时花钱轻率。