单词:tenuous
[医] 细薄的, 纤细的
s. very thin in gauge or diameter
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
tenuous的用法和样例:
例句
- 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。
经典引文
The image of the sun faintly reflected back from..tenuous gas in space.
出自:Observer
- slender细长的
- aerial空中的
- weak弱的
- shaky不稳固的
- unsubstantiated无事实根据的...
- questionable可疑的
- feeble虚弱的
- vague不明确的
- unconvincing不足以令人相信的...
- half-hearted缺乏热情的
- slight轻微的
- thin薄的
- flimsy轻而薄得
- fragile易碎的
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