insubstantial

[美國]/ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃl/
[英國]/ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃl/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 無實體的, 無實質的, 非實在的

例句

an insubstantial semblance

不實在的表象

an insubstantial mirage on the horizon

地平線上虛幻的海市蜃樓

imaginary and insubstantial victories;

臆想和空想的勝利;

"Lodge : Originally an insubstantial dwelling, or one erected for a temporary occupational purpose (e.g., woodcutting or masonry) or for use during the hunting season."

小屋:原爲供短期使用(例如伐木或採石)或狩獵季節居住的簡易住房。

The insubstantial evidence was not enough to convict the suspect.

證據不足以定罪。

She felt an insubstantial connection to the city she had just moved to.

她對剛搬到的這座城市沒有什麼特別的感情。

His argument was insubstantial and lacked supporting evidence.

他的論點缺乏實質性的支持證據。

The insubstantial meal left him feeling hungry an hour later.

那頓不飽的飯讓他一個小時後又餓了。

The insubstantial breeze provided little relief from the heat.

微風幾乎沒有減輕炎熱。

Her insubstantial excuse for being late did not convince her boss.

她對遲到的輕率藉口並未說服她的老闆。

The insubstantial foundation of the building made it vulnerable to earthquakes.

建築物的基礎不牢固,容易受到地震的影響。

His insubstantial savings were quickly depleted when he lost his job.

他失業後很快就用光了微薄的積蓄。

The insubstantial plot of the movie failed to captivate the audience.

電影薄弱的情節未能吸引觀衆。

She had an insubstantial grasp of the subject matter and struggled in class.

她對這門學科的瞭解不夠紮實,上課時很喫力。

原聲例句

If that seems surprisingly insubstantial, bear in mind that at the microscopic level things behave differently.

如果你覺得這些東西似乎很不堅實,請記住:在顯微鏡下,事物的表現形式是不同的。

來源: A Brief History of Everything

Her present life, her work, the friends she had, seemed insubstantial compared with all that had happened before.

她當前的生活、她的工作、她的朋友,跟以往發生的那些事相比, 似乎都不重要。

來源: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

It is very compelling but insubstantial evidence.

這是非常有說服力但非實質性的證據。

來源: World Atlas of Wonders

Her body seemed to wither and become more insubstantial each day.

她的身體似乎一天比一天枯萎,變得更加虛弱。

來源: Fresh air

Zeena herself, from an oppressive reality, had faded into an insubstantial shade.

Zeena 本人, 從一個壓抑的現實中, 已經消失在一個虛幻的陰影中。

來源: Itan Flomei

So these are not insubstantial holdings, which, of course, tot it up would make the King one of the wealthiest people in the world.

當然,這些財產並不是微不足道的,它們加起來會讓國王成爲世界上最富有的人之一。

來源: Financial Times

He was oddly colourless, with transparent eyelashes, wispy hair and an insubstantial air, as though a single gust of wind might blow him away.

他蒼白得出奇,睫毛透明,頭髮纖細,有一種不真實感,好像一陣風就會把他吹走。

來源: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

All those colorful smudges and loose brush work seemed insubstantial and ephemeral when you compared them to the rigorous forms of the cubists and futurists.

所有那些色彩斑斕的污跡和鬆散的筆觸,與立體派和未來派嚴謹的形式相比,似乎都是空洞而短暫的。

來源: Secrets of Masterpieces

The billowing banks of fog thus created might look insubstantial, but there is water here to be captured-and in this, the driest place on Earth, capture it people do.

由此產生的滾滾大霧可能看起來並不真實,但這裏有水可以收集——在這裏,在這個地球上最乾燥的地方,人們是這樣做的。

來源: The Economist - Technology

This was the thing that was important, the cycle of life, with birth and death merging one into the other in an imperceptible twilight and an insubstantial dawn.

這是最重要的事情, 生命的循環, 生與死在難以察覺的黃昏和虛幻的黎明中相互融合。

來源: Cross Stream (Part 1)

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