| 单词 | flimsiness |
| 例句 | He scored a line with a mighty claw along a strut less damaged than most, and feeling a flimsiness in the quality of the metal, turned away at once and scanned the mountain wall again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The nineteenth century’s infatuation with phrenology—to continue with a somewhat different heady concern—demonstrates the flimsiness of this line of thought. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The flimsiness of protections for historic interiors was wittily underscored when drilling from an upper floor of the Seagram Building briefly interrupted the proceedings. Four Seasons Restaurant Auction Tops $4.1 Million 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Without this, the flimsiness of the supporting framework, more gimmick than revolution, would be exposed. “Black Mirror” ’s “Bandersnatch” and the Pitfalls of Interactive Fiction 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z It’s still occasionally performed — “That woman refuses to go under,” Mr. Wainwright said — even though it was widely criticized for its narrative flimsiness. Rufus Wainwright’s First Opera Was ‘a Nightmare.’ He’s Trying Again. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, on the other side of the coin, there's been the almost gleeful eagerness to question whether the Argento development reveals a flimsiness to the whole #MeToo movement. Asia Argento, sexual assault accuser and accused: One #MeToo story doesn’t cancel out the other 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Such good intentions don’t always mask the flimsiness of the material. The Emperor’s New Clothes: Russell Brand’s howl of rage 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Added to this effect was the comedy of the gaping chasm between the flimsiness of the conflict and its melodramatic presentation. The Odd Fascination of the YouTube Beauty Wars 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z They expose the flimsiness of the myth of the hero architect, the all-powerful and fully autonomous designer. SCI-Arc show cleverly tweaks the myth of the all-powerful — and typically male — architect 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z This ballet isn’t alone in the flimsiness of its narrative. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Raymonda’ comes slowly to life 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z All were enhanced by Mr. Katz’s sets and costumes, yet the enduring strength of the older works only emphasized the flimsiness of the new one. Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance Offers New and Old 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z He wanted to prove a scientific theory - but what caught the public imagination was that the men set sail on the Kon-Tiki, a primitive raft whose flimsiness some said made the voyage suicidal. Heyerdahl film sets sail to Toronto 2012-09-06T07:18:34Z The flimsiness of character and dialogue shifts the burden — of both narrative and proof — onto the audience, though participation remains voluntary. Review: Open Chat Windows and Closed Cases in ‘Citizen Detective’ 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z I fingered the lingerie, appreciating the silk and satin, the filminess and flimsiness, the figure and money one must have to acquire a dresser drawer full of such things. My bad baby-sitter years 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z But here’s to another 300 shows by 30 Seconds to Mars, if only as a reminder of the band’s fundamental flimsiness, and of the flimsy system that props it up. Music: Rock in 2011: Hot Chelle Rae, Foster the People, Chevelle 2011-12-29T12:00:00Z But the soberer approach also underlines the flimsiness of the material. Review of ‘Chimerica’: A sprawling tale is high on dudgeon, low on insight 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Too often, though, it brings to mind another throwback: the formulaic star vehicle that relied upon its leading lady’s allure to disguise its flimsiness. Blythe Danner Stars in ‘The Country House’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Unpalatable characterization can sometimes be masked by good taste in cinematic style, but the only compensation offered by Mr. Knutson for the flimsiness of his script is an excess of bathroom humor. Review: ‘Supercon’ Cheats Its Audience Out of a Good Heist 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z When the object of his attentions is the plyboard flimsiness of present-day America, this is a very fine thing; when the object of his attentions is Vera, this is a waste. SOUND: A Novel by TM Wolf – review 2012-07-20T21:55:01Z I wanted to get at both the boredom and flimsiness of it but also at its power—how your sense of self and scale might dissolve in that landscape of interchangeability. Ben Lerner on Adolescence and His Forthcoming Novel 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z But “Asuncion” doesn’t dig deeply enough into the relationship between Vinny and Edgar to let us overlook the flimsiness of its plot. Theater Review: ?Asuncion? at the Cherry Lane Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z In 10 minutes or so of perfectly calibrated mayhem, Mr. Jacobs exposed the flimsiness of that idea. Marc Jacobs and the Monumental Dream of New York 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z But the flimsiness of the movie’s conceit also works to its benefit. ‘An American Pickle’ Review: Keeping It Kosher 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Several called the charges “bogus” or raised concerns about their “flimsiness,” with some drawing distinctions between Price’s case and those of other council members who were charged with corruption in recent years. L.A. City Council taps brakes on Price suspension, holding off until late August 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The recording revealed the flimsiness of the city’s self-conception as a place where different racial and ethnic groups can equitably share power. Los Angeles Councilman Faces Corruption Charges 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z It may be too flip for some, but flippancy isn’t the issue — it’s the flimsiness. Review: A self-help-fueled vampire movie, 'Renfield' is goofy, if flimsy, fun 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps the point is the flimsiness of such royal symbols, but the toy cornet robs Harvard’s Oedipus of some dignity. Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The no-frills, matte charging case for the Nord Buds avoids any flimsiness; its pill-shaped lid has a sturdy mechanism and no annoying wiggle. OnePlus Nord Buds review: very affordable, perfectly capable 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z That’s a welcome change: When The Verge’s Monica Chin reviewed the first model, the Laptop’s unavoidable flimsiness was one of the device’s worst qualities. Framework’s new Laptop means the promise of modular gadgets might be coming true 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But the flip side of such intense poignancy is the relative flimsiness of the supporting characters. Review | ‘Russian Doll,’ ‘Flight Attendant’ boast two of TV’s best performances 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The flimsiness of the allegation was apparent from the start merely by carefully reading the Senate GOP report itself. Analysis | Unraveling the tale of Hunter Biden and $3.5 million from Russia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He was struck by the flimsiness of the initial Russian attempt to seize Antonov Airport north of Kyiv, which was evidently intended to serve as a beachhead for the advance on the capital. The war in Ukraine isn’t working out the way Russia intended 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Still, the flimsiness of Manchin's excuse for bailing on the bill does strongly suggest a political strategy to win his vote back. What Joe Manchin wants 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z But these journalistic trappings fail to disguise the story’s flimsiness. On the Citizen App, Even the Happy Videos Can Be Unsettling 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The flimsiness of the charge is demonstrated by the paucity of the evidence that lawmakers muster when making their hyperbolic claims. Analysis | The continuing GOP fiction that President Biden supports defunding police 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Mexican authorities said they released the evidence to show a suspicious public the flimsiness of evidence, based on intercepted communications Mexican investigators said never convincingly identified Cienfuegos. Exclusive: U.S. investigations into cartels paralyzed by standoff with Mexico 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z “I trust Jo Ann Beard more than other essayists because she challenges the form itself, the constructs of what is Real or Remembered, the flimsiness of any one reality,” Madden says by email. Fiction or not, everything is true in Jo Ann Beard's shape-shifting writing 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z “The embarrassing flimsiness of these fraud claims starts to make sense when you see just how desperately the Trump camp was trying to drum them up,” Oliver said. John Oliver on Biden's victory: 'Genuinely hard to overstate the level of relief' 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z But it was precisely flimsiness, precariousness and fragility that Oiticica wanted to highlight. Perspective | Cape crusader 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s because Ginsburg understood that in so many interactions, lack of muscle or power is misinterpreted as a defect, a weakness across the board, mental and emotional flimsiness. Perspective | Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a powerful mind and an athlete’s soul 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Those struggles earned him a demotion to the minor leagues, the termination point of many journeymen’s journeys, especially foreigners cast there on the flimsiness of a one-year contract, as Neal was. For an American Journeyman, a Long-Delayed Honor in Japan 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Your wandering attention may begin to fixate on other deficiencies: the flimsiness of the narrative scaffolding, the thinness of the characterizations and the filmmakers’ tendency to mistake platitudes for poetry. Review: 'Wendy,' Benh Zeitlin's loose retelling of 'Peter Pan,' soars and stumbles 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z On their day they remain one of the best sides around at punishing defensive flimsiness. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Stone’s sculptures certainly hint at the rough landscapes that still lie beneath, but his real genius resides in his ability to evoke the flimsiness of L.A. reality. Essential California Week in Review: A climate deal with automakers 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z There was some flimsiness to the hot start. Dee Gordon on the Mariners’ recent struggles: ‘I think we needed that.” 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The revival of exposed concrete began in the 1990s, primarily as a reaction against the perceived flimsiness of what architecture had become. How concrete became the ultimate lifestyle concept 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Many saw the team’s lack of depth and flimsiness at skill positions as Allen’s fault. Bruce Allen to remain as Redskins president, will have expanded role on business side 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The story exposes the flimsiness of the "ethics pledge" the Trump administration has imposed on political appointees. Trump administration’s massive corruption may finally compel real reform — if Democrats win 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z We both acknowledge the flimsiness of this gesture in this age of surveillance. Gareth Liddiard on the wreckage of the web: ‘If I could go back to 1999, I would’ 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Virgil van Dijk was widely trumpeted as the solution to Liverpool’s defensive flimsiness when he joined in late December as the world’s most expensive defender for $100 million. Liverpool needs more than Van Dijk to fix defensive flaws 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Even leaving aside the factual flimsiness of Trump’s accusations, the inappropriateness of a sitting president making this argument is impossible to overstate. Opinion | Trump is a one-man assault on the rule of law 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z For all its flimsiness, the bikini stood for a consensus that is now under attack – and not from one enemy, but from all sides. The bikini is old-fashioned – no wonder it’s dying 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Privacy International says that the correspondence released today demonstrates the flimsiness of existing oversight mechanisms. UK spies circumvented surveillance laws with no 'meaningful' oversight 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z As if aware of the flimsiness of their own work, mourning doves often repurpose abandoned robin or mockingbird nests, topping the original nest with additional materials. The Mourning Dove, a Melancholy Crooner 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z If the flimsiness of the lettuce parcels is too much for you, you can get a stack of sturdier rice paper for an extra buck. What we're into: Banh xeo, Glenfiddich Bourbon Barrel Reserve, Republique's roast chicken 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Philip Rivers’ two picks were costly, but not as damaging as the overall flimsiness of a defense that is giving up more than 28 points per game. NFL Talkboard and Pick Six: Lions to down chiefs, and Dalton to fire Bengals 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Bornstein argues that the trick to stripping these norms of their harmful power is to mock and expose them for both their flimsiness and stringency. The Past, Present and Future of Gender Norms 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z What should be held against it is its own flimsiness and the half-hearted attempts of Rolling Stone to report it. Rolling Stone whiffs in reporting on alleged rape The DNA evidence did more than exonerate the men; it laid bare the flimsiness of a case corrupted at every stage by mistakes and misconduct. The case of two wrongly imprisoned men exposes the flaws of the judicial system But some think the apparent flimsiness of the indictment may prove to be its most ominous aspect. Criminalising politics 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z That defeat was a jolt to the system and it prompted many observers to question whether there was a flimsiness to this generation. Germany’s youth overhaul faces one last challenge in World Cup final 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The flimsiness of arguments against women’s participation was on display in the desperate legal efforts of Little League to bar girls after a string of lawsuits in 1973. Is Softball Sexist? 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z So too, the calm determination of the solicitor, incredulous at the flimsiness of the case against me, suddenly re-focused my own perspective. Christopher Jefferies: How I was hounded 2014-01-10T00:53:24Z But to read the journal articles that promote this line of reasoning is to see the flimsiness of its foundation. Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That 2013-05-22T11:01:03Z There is also an issue of flimsiness about the evidence provided. Match official conversations will now be recorded, says Mike Riley 2012-11-22T18:47:08Z Mocked for the flimsiness of his logic, Bissinger wrote a follow-up piece to defend himself against an onslaught of criticism that dubbed him a classic l0w-information voter. The Lohan Effect: Will Romney Get a Boost from Low-Information Voters? 2012-10-15T11:05:33Z There was an alarming flimsiness to this display that contributed to them being two goals down within 11 minutes. Barnet 1-4 Plymouth Argyle 2012-10-13T18:19:38Z His experiences there had been traumatic, and if they revealed to him the flimsiness of everyday existence, it was a revelation that he found hard to live with. The alchemy of memory 2012-08-31T16:03:46Z Whatever your outrage at the notion that Clemens might have used performance-enhancing drugs when he played Major League Baseball and lied about it, it should double at the flimsiness of the actual testimony. Roger Clemens trial: Government overstepped its bounds 2012-06-19T18:28:00Z Hitherto Kipps had always had a certain flimsiness of effect for her. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z "Now, perhaps you perceive," our master began: and indeed we saw it all;—the lack of order and object;—the flimsiness,—and our own presumption. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z The flimsiness of their thinking and living returned to them again in all its paltry reality. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Had he read it critically he would have recognised the emptiness of the story, but once he is impressed by it he must improve it or become aware of its flimsiness. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z You accept proven fact, but are quick to see any flimsiness in basic foundations. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z The house itself was plain, and both inside and out had a certain aspect of flimsiness. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z Many modern virtuosi of sculpture since Bernini have misspent their 367 skill in trying to fix in marble both the restlessness of momentary actions and the flimsiness of fluttering tissues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Along the still, gray cloisters; past the mean flimsiness of the new buildings, erected apparently as a bad practical joke, out into the sunshine and dignity of the Broad Walk. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The flimsiness of statistics and the way we assemble them are not the result of human stupidity. The High Price of Faulty Government Data 2010-06-14T18:05:00Z Soon, however, the flimsiness of the club's financial foundation was exposed. David James says Portsmouth FA Cup win was breeding ground for failure 2010-04-09T23:05:00Z Palestinian officials see this only as further evidence of the flimsiness of Israel's current, self-declared settlement "freeze". US denies West Bank building breach 2010-03-08T22:45:00Z The second clue was the relative flimsiness of the walls. The Secret of the Ninth Planet In addition, his challenge rendered still more vivid to her the mere flimsiness of her own aid. The Spoils of Poynton Thus Ruskin attributes the decay of Gothic architecture to "one endeavour to assume, in excessive flimsiness of tracery, the semblance of what it was not"—to its having "sacrificed a single truth." Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions They would fall to pieces, in good time, of their own flimsiness. Rose MacLeod Redundancy has been mistaken for plenitude, flimsiness for ease, and distortion for energy. Coelebs In Search of a Wife We may be accused of grossness, but not of flimsiness; of extravagance, but not of affectation; of want of art and refinement, but not of a want of truth and nature. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Surely the pride that tried to hide its wounds with rags of such pitiful flimsiness was profoundly pathetic? The Benefactress In spite of the effect of organic flimsiness in every wooden structure but a log cabin, or a fisherman's cottage shingled to the ground, the house suggested a perfect functional comfort. The Quality of Mercy She had seen England, being "coached" by Crabb-Robinson and others, so as to give some substance to the vague philosophe-Anglomane flimsiness of her earlier fancy. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century The lightness and flimsiness of construction in Japanese houses has been noted already several times. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era It's the stuff dreams are made of, in more senses than one; and after that flimsiness is over, there ought to be something substantial left. The Opened Shutters There was far too much flimsiness and fashionability about their social circle. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Like Gay under similar circumstances, she was infuriated by the combined flimsiness and sincerity of the plea. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa The prisoner conducted his own defence, and so clearly exposed the flimsiness of the indictment that the prosecution utterly failed. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Our modern revivalists profess 158to despise the flimsiness of the first attempts in this direction. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) I think one of the most exasperating circumstances of this house of bondage, is the exceeding flimsiness of its defenses. Border and Bastille He showed, none better, the utter flimsiness and absurdity of the charges on which poor old women were done to death. The Age of the Reformation Bitterly cold weather suddenly arrived, however, which made us aware of the flimsiness of the French huts in which we dwelt. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 He exposed the flimsiness of the charges against him, and the gross partiality of the proceedings. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion All bombast, and flimsiness, and studied sweetness, and redundancies, and far-fetched thoughts, and witticisms, fall under the same denomination. The Training of a Public Speaker They hated the lack of ideas in art, and the lack of character; the silliness and vacuity which belong to the one, the flimsiness and make-believe which result from the other. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art Delicacy of outline has been urged, and we triumph in the further accomplishments of flimsiness and hopeless triviality. The Complete Home George betrayed in a rude, choleric grunt, his disgust to see his splendid fabrication, so painfully concocted for the delusion and discomfiture of P. Sybarite, threatening to collapse of sheer intrinsic flimsiness. The Day of Days An Extravaganza He spread his ice-cold hands out before it, incurious of the futile little room whose draperies and fripperies and inconsiderable flimsiness of furniture proclaimed its owner, intent only on the elemental need of warmth. Septimus He said that even now very few people realised the flimsiness of the credit system by which the modern world was sustained. Mr. Britling Sees It Through He expressed his indignation in no measured terms, and in more guarded phrases his opinion of the flimsiness of the victorious General's arguments. The Conqueror Let's hope they will never perceive the flimsiness of their pretty bows and ribbons! The Philanderers A lady was lying on a sofa near the window, a handsome woman of about thirty, whose dress was a miracle of lace and flimsiness. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons You and I, upon the flimsinesses of this fleeting—sometimes, we think, futile—life, are penning what is neither flimsy nor futile, which goes through the opaque dark, and is reproduced and docketed yonder. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah As a rule, the house is of but one story, and its flimsiness comes from two reasons, both very good ones. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan The prevailing error in English dress, especially among the lower orders, is a tendency to flimsiness and gaudiness, arising mainly from the awkward imitation of their superiors. The Two Paths It was a coarse and unmanly encounter—the wit, strategy, finesse, and boldness of fish pitted against the empty noise and bluster of inferior man and the flimsiness of his despicable barriers. My Tropic Isle Summer frocks, in their airy flimsiness and gay colors are ideally fitted for the colorful background of a garden or lawn party. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 A certain slim, crushable quality of her body was accentuated by this flimsiness of covering. Hidden Creek It arises, not from merit or the consciousness of merit, but from sheer tin-like flimsiness of character. Nonsenseorship Dreariness, flimsiness, bad taste reduced to mathematical completeness is what the inside offers to the eye, if it remains yet what it always has been. The Gilded Age, Part 3. There is no harmony whatever in the Zone anywhere, either in the form, style, or color, unless it be the harmony of ugliness which is carried through this riotous mêlée of flimsiness and sham. The Art of the Exposition The clearest-headed have no doubt; they know as well as you and I do the flimsiness of those resolutions. The Stillwater Tragedy But I'm too old a stager not to see the flimsiness of such pretensions. Ten Nights in a Bar Room Martha and Mary will be a little chilly at first in such delicate thighcasing but the frilly flimsiness of lace round your bare knees will remind you... Ulysses In fact, the ubiquity of Mrs. Pugh was a sore trial to that young lady, just so superior herself as to detect the flimsiness of the widow's attainments. The Trial No doubt it is easy for us to discern the flimsiness of the logical foundation on which such high hopes were built. The Golden Bough "No, not the flowered flimsiness, please," she said, in the course of her toilette, "let me have the respectable grey silk." Clever Woman of the Family Spoken aloud, they had a sudden new flimsiness. Active Service Perhaps one day, between them, they would break down the barrier, the strength of which seemed to lie in its very flimsiness, its impalpability. All Roads Lead to Calvary But the flimsiness of Blinton's theories must be apparent to every unbiassed moralist. Books and Bookmen The succeeding Fragments were to test this liberality and reveal the flimsiness of the stuff of which it was made. The Unseen World and Other Essays |
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