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flighty

英 [ˈflaɪti]

美 [ˈflaɪti]

adj.  (女子)反复无常的,轻浮的

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BNC.34088 / COCA.27481

牛津词典

    adj.

    • (女子)反复无常的,轻浮的
      a flighty woman is one who cannot be relied on because she is always changing activities, ideas and partners without treating them seriously

      柯林斯词典

      • ADJ-GRADED 轻浮的;见异思迁的;反复无常的
        If you say that someone isflighty, you disapprove of them because they are not very serious or reliable and keep changing from one activity, idea, or partner to another.
        1. Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
          伊莎贝尔是个轻佻、没头脑的小女人,非常虚荣又反复无常。

      英英释义

      adj

      双语例句

      • Any bank takeover is notoriously difficult, with everything from balance sheet risks to flighty staff posing a threat.
        众所周知,任何银行收购活动都非常困难,资产负债表风险、未能安抚好员工&任何方面都可能出现问题。
      • To study the academic history of the history subject extensively and thoroughly, it will be helpful to form a healthy academic system to make reviews on historical results as well as be crucial to get rid of the flighty and rash circumstance of history research.
        广泛、深入地开展历史学科学术史研究,可形成对史学业绩评定的学术性社会机制,对于克服浮躁的不良学风、保证历史学健康、繁荣地发展,具有十分关键的作用。
      • They could also argue that retail deposits can be as flighty as the wholesale markets: just ask Northern Rock and IndyMac, both of which suffered rapid withdrawals.
        他们也能说小规模存款与大规模市场一样的不稳定。正如北岩银行与因迪美一样遭遇了挤兑。
      • "Her eyes look down ever so shyly, I caught it though it was so flighty"
        “她的目光是如此羞涩,我抓到,是如此轻狂”
      • Men said they wanted a "kind-hearted" wife, not too beautiful and flighty, but modest and homely.
        男性表示他们希望找个“善良”的妻子,不必太漂亮,但不能轻浮,最好谦逊而顾家。
      • One day betenoire will be just a frisky dog or a flighty horse, an enjoyable and loyal companion, only occasionally causing a slight pain in the neck.
        有一天,你的“可怕之处”将只是一条欢闹小狗,或一匹轻浮的马,一位愉快和忠实的伴侣,只会在偶尔才引起的脖子上轻微疼痛。
      • The more capital a bank has, the less it relies on borrowed money, a flighty source of funding that can evaporate in a crisis.
        一家银行的资本越多,对于负债的依赖程度就越小。负债是一种不可靠的资金来源,在危机爆发时可能会迅速蒸发。
      • Measuring hedge fund returns is complicated by the fact that investors tend to be flighty, flocking to funds which have done well and selling out after losses.
        衡量对冲基金回报率比较困难,因为投资者往往反复无常基金做得好,他们就趋之若鹜;做亏了,他们就会抛售。
      • She was a flighty piece.
        她是个轻浮的女人。
      • If it does not act, Mr Tucker says supervisors should limit the amount of short-term funding that European and international banks can get from "flighty sources" such as money market funds.
        塔克表示,如果它没有采取行动,监管机构应该限制欧洲和国际上的银行从货币市场基金等“波动源头”获得短期融资的数量。