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
- "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” - 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。 - Other sources of finance can be flighty, too.
其实其他金融来源也可能不那么可靠。 - She was a flighty piece.
她是个轻浮的女人。 - Any bank takeover is notoriously difficult, with everything from balance sheet risks to flighty staff posing a threat.
众所周知,任何银行收购活动都非常困难,资产负债表风险、未能安抚好员工&任何方面都可能出现问题。 - She is too flighty to take care of young children.
她太不负责任,不能照顾小孩。 - A flighty and disorganized person.
一个好作奇想和没有组织的人。 - Childlings sylphs are timid and flighty.
精灵小孩是胆小害羞和让人捉摸不定。 - That seems weird for a business built on flighty electrons.
对于一项建立在更新换代频繁的电子产品基础上的业务而言,这个假定似乎有些奇怪。 - In this country, the "smart" people have these logical, linear abilities, while right-brain people are often seen as flighty, spacey, artsy-fartsy.
在这个国家,“聪明”的人们具有那些逻辑、线性能力;而右脑思考的人们经常被视作轻浮、空幻、艺术、做作。