flimsiness
flimsiness — 名詞
1. the poor quality of something that is made of very thin or weak material, so tha
單薄；易損
材質薄弱、容易破損的狀況
the poor quality of something that is made of very thin or weak material, so that it breaks or tears easily
The flimsiness of the cardboard box meant it collapsed under the weight of the books.
紙箱的單薄意味著它在書本的重量下塌陷了。
flimsiness of [object] — describing poor physical quality
Naoko complained about the flimsiness of the tent after the first storm tore it open.
Naoko 抱怨帳篷太過單薄，第一場暴風雨就把它撕開了。
Customers returned the chairs because of the flimsiness of the plastic legs.
顧客退回了那些椅子，因為塑膠椅腳的材質太容易損壞。
flimsiness of [part of an object]
Asher could see the flimsiness of the fence — a strong wind would knock it over.
Asher 看得出那道籬笆很單薄——一陣強風就能把它吹倒。
The flimsiness of the silk dress worried Alessia — it would tear during the dance.
Alessia 擔心那件絲質洋裝太單薄，跳舞時可能會被扯破。
- flimsiness of the packaging
- flimsiness of the material
- structural flimsiness
- sturdiness
implies strong and firm construction
- robustness
suggests being strong and unlikely to fail
2. the lack of solid evidence or good reasoning in an argument, excuse, or explanat
站不住腳
論據或理由薄弱，難以令人信服
the lack of solid evidence or good reasoning in an argument, excuse, or explanation, making it hard to accept as true
The flimsiness of Omar's excuse made it obvious that he had not finished the work.
Omar 的藉口太過薄弱，很明顯他根本沒完成工作。
flimsiness of [excuse/argument/reason] — describing weak reasoning
Yael pointed out the flimsiness of the report, which lacked data to support its claims.
Yael 指出了那份報告的薄弱之處——沒有任何數據支持其論點。
The lawyer highlighted the flimsiness of the witness's story during cross-examination.
律師在交互詰問中凸顯了證人說詞的薄弱。
flimsiness of [story/testimony] — in legal context
Rohan could not believe the flimsiness of the plan, which contained no backup strategy.
Rohan 不敢相信那個計劃如此站不住腳，裡面完全沒有備用方案。
The flimsiness of the evidence meant the case never went to trial.
證據的薄弱意味著這個案件根本沒有進入審判程序。
- flimsiness of the argument
- flimsiness of the evidence
- flimsiness of the excuse
- weakness
more general — can refer to any flaw in reasoning
- implausibility
stronger — suggests something is hard to believe mainly because it seems unlikely
- insubstantiality
more formal — suggests an argument lacks solid foundation
用法筆記
Commonly used with nouns describing arguments, explanations, evidence, excuses, and reasoning. Not used for physical objects — for those, use sense 1.
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常見搭配
名詞搭配
- flimsiness of the packaging
- flimsiness of the argument
- flimsiness of the evidence
- flimsiness of the material
副詞搭配
- apparent flimsiness
- sheer flimsiness
介系詞搭配
- flimsiness of