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flighty

英 [ˈflaɪti]

美 [ˈflaɪti]

adj.  (女子)反复无常的,轻浮的

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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.
        1. 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。

      英英释义

      adj

      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。