tenuous
tenuous 英 [ˈtenjuəs] 美 [ˈtɛnjuəs]
adj. 纤细的；稀薄的；贫乏的
- If something is tenuous it's thin, either literally or metaphorically. If you try to learn a complicated mathematical concept by cramming for 45 minutes, you will have a tenuous grasp of that concept, at best.
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- adj. 纤细的；稀薄的；贫乏的
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1. In this method, the relationship of risk management and the key project measurements is tenuous.
在此方法中，风险管理和关键项目测量的关系是纤细的。
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2. If our self respect is based on the praise of others then our self respect will be very tenuous.
如果我们的自我尊重建立在他人的表扬之上，那么这种自我尊重将是非常脆弱的。
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3. Every cubic kilometre of the ring contains around 20 tiny particles of dust, making it so tenuous, it would be invisible from the inside.
这个光环每立方公里含有约20颗尘埃微粒，结构非常稀薄，站在光环内部都看不见它本身。
- tenuous (adj.) 1590s, "thin, unsubstantial," irregularly formed from Latin tenuis "thin, drawn out, meager, slim, slender," figuratively "trifling, insignificant, poor, low in rank," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch," + -ous. The correct form with respect to the Latin is tenuious. The figurative sense of "having slight importance, not substantial" is found from 1817 in English. Related: Tenuously; tenuousness.
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