| 单词 | frivolousness |
| 例句 | There were ottomans and framed photographs and curio cabinets full of souvenirs, their very frivolousness reassuring. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z With their Phil Spector harmonies and girl-group charm, they are jolly enough to distract you from the frivolousness of the story and are performed here with a gutsy energy, creating a jaunty if inessential show. Little Shop of Horrors – review 2012-06-07T17:15:01Z When she matched with Mr. Sacks and agreed to meet him for a drink at the wine bar Corkbuzz in Union Square, her thoughts about the frivolousness of dating apps changed. After a Tragic Beginning, a ‘Happily Ever After’ 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Maybe these women can make permanent changes to a genre that often threatens to censor itself into frivolousness. America needs the Dixie Chicks' candor and audacity now more than ever 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z My only reservation is a certain anodyne frivolousness of the whole enterprise. Sunshine and Murder: The Movie-to-Musical Express 2013-11-20T14:00:41Z It’s presented mockumentary style, a format that has lost its freshness but works well enough here given the frivolousness of the proceedings. Review: ‘Trial & Error’ Features a Confederacy of Dunces 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z As serious, and often as grave, as political work and public management becomes, it remains vulnerable to the frivolousness of an uninformed, but more importantly, uninterested electorate. Donald Trump and the hobbling of shame: David Foster Wallace warned us about reality TV and we didn’t listen 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z And so while I regularly get my carbs and fats from more conventionally approved sources like sweet potatoes and avocados, I'm also happy to embrace the utter frivolousness of bread and butter. Why there's no better comfort food than bread and butter 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z And for men, the sting of that perception can manifest differently, as this purported frivolousness in a boorish society is sometimes regarded as feminine. I want to be the old man with the orange socks | Charles M. Blow 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Instead of being serious, he has embraced frivolousness and greed. Analysis | Biden vs. Trump? In 2022, there was a clear winner and a clearer loser 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z "Although we were eager to proceed to trial to demonstrate the frivolousness of this case, the parties were ultimately able to come to an amicable resolution," Trump lawyer Alina Habba said in a statement. Trump settles lawsuit over alleged assaults at Trump Tower protest 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z “Although we were eager to proceed to trial to demonstrate the frivolousness of this case, the parties were ultimately able to come to an amicable resolution,” said Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba. Trump settles lawsuit filed by protesters over 2015 scuffle 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z In their repetitive dress code of tailored suits, khaki trousers and golf shirts, they send the message that they’ve renounced superficiality and frivolousness as beneath their gender’s dignity. Review | Why the tailored suit — not ruffles and lace — became synonymous with power 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z In 10 months, voters will decide what to do about the president’s malignant frivolousness. Opinion | Senators now risk indecent exposure of their minds 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “But this is a whole new level of frivolousness in the way that the U.S. treats allies,” Mr. Leonard said. Trump’s Syria and Ukraine Moves Further Alienate America’s Already Wary Allies 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z A combination of marketing missteps and audience frivolousness simply caused it to disappear. What the heck happened to 'Detroit?' 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z It’s the frivolousness of it, the look of a childish pastime played by posh boys who know nothing of the world. How Donald Trump became the golfer-in-chief 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z This fan phenomenon — sometimes spanning more than an entire lifetime, still unrequited — seems remarkably stalwart, downright dignified and all the more worthy in light of its undeniable frivolousness. Cubs-Indians World Series shows what fans long have known: Life is suffering 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Even Manager Joe Girardi, typically impervious to such frivolousness, acknowledged that he was acting like a fan, checking the scoreboard for Chapman’s velocity. Aroldis Chapman Throws Fire in a Sleepy Stadium 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z As his testimony wore on, Mr. Trump seemed to recognize the frivolousness of turning to Washington over a sports matter. Donald Trump’s Trips to Capitol Hill Years Ago Foretold Themes of Campaign 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Suddenly this thing was going haywire,” he said, laughing that the recession actually helped temper the frivolousness a bit. Robert Redford knows Sundance has gotten too big 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Instead of celebrating her win, she takes the opportunity to dismantle the concept entirely: she rails against the entrenched discrimination of the nomination process, the frivolousness of the whole charade. These music videos won the internet — can they win top prize at the VMAs? 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z What is "fashion" anyways, but a celebration of vanity and frivolousness? Four more New York Times columnists and Malcolm Gladwell get really high: what could possibly go wrong? 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The standard he proposed, he said “suggests something lesser than frivolousness.” A Supreme Court Patent Case Comes Down to a War of Adjectives 2014-02-27T01:42:01Z He handed Bogdan the red notebook and said, "In order to reasonably demonstrate the frivolousness of the colonel's position we'd like to see how long it takes." Guantanamo hearing spirals into notebook safety debate 2013-06-13T23:15:30Z The evidence was absurd and frivolous; but, in spite of its frivolousness and absurdity, and the poor woman’s fervent protestations of innocence, and the judge’s strong summing-up in her favour, a Hertfordshire jury convicted her. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z His sacred airs are distinguished for youthful freshness and power, penetrated by a holy earnestness, and quite free from that secularity and frivolousness which soon became unpleasantly conspicuous in such music.—Continuation, Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The alternative is a culture of frivolousness, corruption, and superficiality, all the way down. Rupert Murdoch as Citizen 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z And it was like mother, like daughter, for Clarisse, with all her frivolousness of character, had political leanings too, or more properly caprices, the frivolity itself their cause. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Some advice -- "be faithful to your duties ... be practical and avoid frivolousness" -- seemed a relic of hardscrabble Japan. 2010-02-09T23:18:00Z Where classical literature prevails the manly spirit which it breathes must be diffused; whenever frivolousness predominates, when refinement degenerates into whatever enervates the mind, literary ignorance is sure to complete the effeminate character. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem “Let me put it, then, that entomology as a pursuit sternly represses frivolousness.” The Silent Barrier Gribojedoff also, in a telling comedy, has some striking sarcasms on the superficiality and hollow frivolousness of the education of girls of the upper classes. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The general character, however, of the nation is a strange compound of pride and meanness, of affected gravity and real frivolousness, of refined civility and gross indelicacy. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton The savage ferocity with which he tears off the mask which the sentimental piety of generations has thrown over the features of their dead is no sign of frivolousness in him. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations But I cannot think that your incomprehensible frivolousness, your hunger and thirst for dissipation, your restless chase after pleasures that leave the heart empty, are altogether the healthiest state of human nature. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck She even, and in reality, did not think him handsome or engaging in his manners—she thought his gaiety frivolousness, his complaisance affectation, and his good humour impertinence. A Simple Story Philip perceived and was pained at the folly and frivolousness of his mother's household, but any attempt at change more favorable appeared to him so herculean, that he made scarcely an effort in its behalf. Hubert's Wife A Story for You Their shadows are never black, but only a darker green, or translucent gray; and part of their charm is a nymph-like frivolousness which comes, I think, from their ruffly green dessous. Set in Silver It was intimated to me that such "frivolousness" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine He glowered down such frivolousness and proceeded with his cross-examination. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 There is a great deal of trifling frivolousness in not trusting in God. The Personal Life of David Livingstone He could face a body of soldiers without flinching, and he could meet daily the frivolousness and folly, the bagatelles and boutades of his pretty wife without losing patience. Hubert's Wife A Story for You For Mrs. Smith this was another evidence of her stupidity; on the other hand, her want of charm, in view of Smith's well-known frivolousness, was a great recommendation. Amy Foster Unconsciously he made Thea pay for frivolousness of this sort. The Song of the Lark Frivolity, arising from want of purpose in life," one names, "even the most sacred duties and relations being marred by this frivolousness. Girls: Faults and Ideals A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters Our forebears, with their grave realization of the dangers of frivolousness, forbade by law and a stern public opinion many innocent and wholesome diversions. Problems of Conduct Though she became not a Sister of Charity, in fact, she did in deed, and atoned in after years for the frivolousness of her early life, by patient self-denials and well-directed benevolence. Hubert's Wife A Story for You Say three parts seriousness to one part frivolousness? Patty's Suitors Nor need we fear, that our attachment to this law will diminish upon account of the seeming frivolousness of those interests, by which it is determined. A Treatise of Human Nature He was light-hearted even to frivolousness, and this gave the austere Church fathers many serious misgivings. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The frivolousness of the subject too, we may observe, is not able to detach us entirely from what carries an image of human sentiment and affection. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals She emphasised at every moment the characteristics which were alien to his sympathies, talked of the 'revival' ad nauseam, or changed with alarming suddenness from that to topics of excessive frivolousness. A Life's Morning Graceless they are when gone to frivolousness, Fearing the God they flout, the God they glut. Poems — Volume 2 |
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