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Tenuous describes something very weak, thin, or easily broken — most often used for connections, evidence, or arguments rather than physical objects. A 'tenuous link' between two things means the connection is weak and unclear. A 'tenuous grasp' on power or an idea means someone barely holds onto it and could easily lose it.
薄弱的；站不住腳的(關係、證據等)
組成from Latin 'tenuis,' meaning thin
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tenuousadj/ˈtɛn.ju.əs/
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Thin in substance or consistency.
- The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- Far from being amicable, the numbers seemed to turn their backs on each other, and I couldn't find a pair with even the most tenuous connection.
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Insubstantial.
- His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.
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Precarious, dependent upon unreliable things.
- Paulina's repeated, almost anxious iteration of the lawfulness of her actions serves as a reminder of women's tenuous stance before the law in early modern English society.
- Is this connected to "pro-gay" Governor Weld's contract with some in the community—gay rights in exchange for keeping sex out of the picture? Those willing to make this 'bargain with the devil' depend for their tenuous status on keeping the rest of us in line, moralizing about the need to behave "beyond reproach," clarifying to the straight public that there are good gays and bad ones.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。