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单词 flimsiness
释义
flimsiness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈflɪm.zi.nəs/us
/ˈflɪm.zi.nəs/

flimsinessnoun[U](THIN OR EASILY BROKEN)

thequalityof being verythin, oreasilybrokenordestroyed:
The flimsiness of theouterpackagingmeansthat theproductisfrequentlydamagedby thetimeit gets to thecustomer.
thefrillyflimsiness oflace
More examples
  • The flimsiness of thefabricwas enough tobringon achill.
  • Thefurniturehas achipboardflimsiness about it.
  • I was all tooawareof the flimsiness of myconveyance.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fragile and breakable
  • breakable
  • brittle
  • crumbly
  • delicacy
  • delicate
  • dodgy
  • fissile
  • flaky
  • flimsily
  • flimsy
  • fragile
  • fragility
  • frail
  • friable
  • ramshackle
  • rickety
  • tenuous
  • tenuously

flimsinessnoun[U](WEAK AND DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE)

thefactof beingweakanddifficulttobelieve:
The flimsiness of the company'sargumentwasinstantlyclear.
The flimsiness of thecasemeansthat there is littlechanceof getting aconviction.
More examples
  • The Washington Postpublishedafront-pagearticleabout the flimsiness of theintelligenceonweaponsofmassdestruction.
  • Despite the flimsiness of some of the magician'stricks, it was a good show.
  • Like manytruisms,itsflimsinessrevealsitself under theslightestscrutiny.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Impossible and improbable
  • apt
  • aptness
  • be out of the questionidiom
  • be pissing in the windidiom
  • beggar
  • doubt
  • fat chanceidiom
  • fear
  • flimsily
  • goodbye
  • goodbye tosomethingidiom
  • impenetrably
  • implausibility
  • nail
  • nohow
  • not have a snowball's chance in hellidiom
  • one in a millionidiom
  • pig
  • pigs might flyidiom
  • unicorn
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Weakness and vulnerability
Not believable
(Definition offlimsinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflimsiness

flimsiness
Given theflimsinessof both the economic and the cultural foundations of the petit bourgeoisie, this historiographical construction may now be so badly undermined as to be unusable.
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He wanted to disguise theflimsinessof that claim by peddling a plethora of spurious statistics and dubious detailed policies.
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I could quote a number of paragraphs to demonstrate theflimsinessof the analysis.
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That is an argument of astronomicalflimsiness—if that is not mixing metaphors.
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The sheerflimsinessof that argument has to be judged against that background.
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The tribunal's report revealed theflimsinessof the foundations and evidence of their case.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In his findings he concluded that there was no lurking doubt in spite of theflimsinessof the prosecution case.
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Even allowing for the difference in the purchasing power of money and the comparativeflimsinessof the structure, this was a remarkable achievement.
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