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

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  Synonym:skittishspookynervous
• guided by whim and fancy
  1. flighty young girls
  Synonym:flyawayhead-in-the-cloudsscatterbrained

双语例句

• Flighty people often have volatile dispositions.
  轻浮的人经常反复无常。
• To move forward step by step logic, but why did I take it back from the front! Laugh at me flighty.
  逻辑思维步步向前走，可是我为什么要从最前面向后走呢！笑我轻浮。
• A flighty and disorganized person.
  一个好作奇想和没有组织的人。
• Career is a "great game", in the long time, flighty and impetuous, eager for quick success and instant benefit always is taboo.
  职场生涯是一盘“很大的棋”，在长达数十年的时间里，心浮气躁、急功近利永远是大忌。
• In this country, the "smart" people have these logical, linear abilities, while right-brain people are often seen as flighty, spacey, artsy-fartsy.
  在这个国家，“聪明”的人们具有那些逻辑、线性能力；而右脑思考的人们经常被视作轻浮、空幻、艺术、做作。
• 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。
• 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。
• With inflation under much better control, floating exchange rates ( China is a big exception) and well-stocked foreign-exchange reserves now dominate in the emerging world, providing protection against falling exports and flighty foreign investors.
  随着对通货膨胀的控制不断加强，新兴世界几乎都实行了浮动汇率制（中国是个特例），拥有充足的外汇储备，这些都可以在出口不断减少或是外国投资者反复无常时为经济提供保障。
• Other sources of finance can be flighty, too.
  其实其他金融来源也可能不那么可靠。
• 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。