frivolity
英 [frɪˈvɒləti]
美 [frɪˈvɑːləti]
n. 愚蠢的行为; 可笑的表现; 轻浮的举止
复数：frivolities
BNC.21360 / COCA.24829
牛津词典
noun
- 愚蠢的行为；可笑的表现；轻浮的举止
behaviour that is silly or amusing, especially when this is not suitable- It was just a piece of harmless frivolity.
这仅是无恶意的愚蠢行为。 - I can't waste time on such frivolities.
我不能把时间浪费在这种无聊的活动上。
- It was just a piece of harmless frivolity.
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 轻浮的行为;无聊的活动
If you refer to an activity as afrivolity, you think that it is amusing and rather silly, rather than serious and sensible.- There is a serious message at the core of all this frivolity...
在所有这些闹腾的核心传递着一个严肃的信息。 - He was one of my most able pupils, but far too easily distracted by frivolities.
他是我最有才华的学生之一，只是太容易被一些无聊的事分心。
- There is a serious message at the core of all this frivolity...
英英释义
noun
- acting like a clown or buffoon
- something of little value or significance
- the trait of being frivolous
双语例句
- We don't want to see you waste money on frivolity when it isn't necessary.
我们不想看到你浪费金钱无聊时则不需要。 - There is just not enough fun and frivolity in culture today.
当今的文化恰恰是不够轻松有趣。 - Youth be always too serious, and just now it be too serious about frivolity.
青年时代总是过于认真的，而时下青年则过分轻薄。 - Hedonism and frivolity will diffuse hell tnrough all our days.
享乐主义和轻薄浮佻会将地狱扩展到我们的整个日子之中。 - If I buy it today, will you accuse me of frivolity.
假如我今天买它，你会不会谴责我轻浮？ - There is a serious message at the core of all this frivolity
在所有这些闹腾的核心传递着一个严肃的信息。 - A serious political speech should not be full of frivolity.
一次严肃的政治演讲不应该充满轻浮的言词。 - Hedonism and frivolity will diffuse hell through all our days When his wife dragged up his infidelities, he was not slow in getting a blow in her flirtations.
享乐主义和轻薄浮佻会将地狱扩展到我们的整个日子之中。妻子一扯上他的不忠行为这个话题，他立刻就对她的轻佻反唇相讥。 - Governors in the US have the authority to pardon the convicted, but this authority has been exercised with unusual frivolity in recent decades.
美国州长有权赦免罪犯，但这种权力的行使在最近几十年变得异常轻率。 - Even in the performance there was not a little flattery or frivolity in the men's eyes.
即使是在表演中，这些男人们的眼神也绝无一丝谄媚或轻浮。