flighty
英 [ˈflaɪti]
美 [ˈflaɪti]
adj. (女子)反复无常的,轻浮的
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.- 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。
- Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
英英释义
adj
- unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- guided by whim and fancy
- flighty young girls
双语例句
- Men said they wanted a "kind-hearted" wife, not too beautiful and flighty, but modest and homely.
男性表示他们希望找个“善良”的妻子,不必太漂亮,但不能轻浮,最好谦逊而顾家。 - A flighty and disorganized person.
一个好作奇想和没有组织的人。 - 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。 - And can change plans quickly, but you are not flighty.
你是思维敏捷,能够很快的根据情况改变对策,但是你并不轻率,随心所欲。 - Other sources of finance can be flighty, too.
其实其他金融来源也可能不那么可靠。 - "Her eyes look down ever so shyly, I caught it though it was so flighty"
“她的目光是如此羞涩,我抓到,是如此轻狂” - If it does not act, Mr Tucker says supervisors should limit the amount of short-term funding that European and international banks can get from "flighty sources" such as money market funds.
塔克表示,如果它没有采取行动,监管机构应该限制欧洲和国际上的银行从货币市场基金等“波动源头”获得短期融资的数量。 - Measuring hedge fund returns is complicated by the fact that investors tend to be flighty, flocking to funds which have done well and selling out after losses.
衡量对冲基金回报率比较困难,因为投资者往往反复无常基金做得好,他们就趋之若鹜;做亏了,他们就会抛售。 - She was never flighty like you.
她从来不像你这样胡思乱想。 - 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。
