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★☆☆ tenuous ['tenjʊəs] ●○○○○ GRE TOEFL TEM8

1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 (联系)脆弱的;(理由)站不住脚的，牵强的;(地位)不稳固的 If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone's position as tenuous, you mean that it is very uncertain or weak.

The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very tenuous...许多省份之间的文化和历史纽带被认为是很脆弱的。

This decision puts the President in a somewhat tenuous position.这个决定使得总统的位置有些岌岌可危。tenuously

The sub-plots are only tenuously interconnected.次要情节之间的联系有点牵强。

--adj.

1 thin, slender, thin, fine, attenuated, delicate,gossamer, diaphanous, fragile: The spider descended slowly onits tenuous thread.

2 flimsy, insubstantial or unsubstantial,paltry, weak, feeble, frail, meagre, vague, negligible,insignificant, trifling, sketchy, hazy, nebulous, dubious,doubtful, shaky: Your case rests on very tenuous evidence.

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A tenuous connection, idea or situation is weak and possibly does not exist （关系、想法、形势等）不确定的，不明朗的 We were only able to make a tenuous connection between the two robberies. 我们只能认定这两桩抢劫案之间可能有某些联系。 literary

thin, weak and easily broken 纤细的，单薄的，脆弱的

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