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
- One day betenoire will be just a frisky dog or a flighty horse, an enjoyable and loyal companion, only occasionally causing a slight pain in the neck.
有一天,你的“可怕之处”将只是一条欢闹小狗,或一匹轻浮的马,一位愉快和忠实的伴侣,只会在偶尔才引起的脖子上轻微疼痛。 - Measuring hedge fund returns is complicated by the fact that investors tend to be flighty, flocking to funds which have done well and selling out after losses.
衡量对冲基金回报率比较困难,因为投资者往往反复无常基金做得好,他们就趋之若鹜;做亏了,他们就会抛售。 - She was never flighty like you.
她从来不像你这样胡思乱想。 - A flighty and disorganized person.
一个好作奇想和没有组织的人。 - 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。 - Flighty people often have volatile dispositions.
轻浮的人经常反复无常。 - She is too flighty to take care of young children.
她太不负责任,不能照顾小孩。 - With inflation under much better control, floating exchange rates ( China is a big exception) and well-stocked foreign-exchange reserves now dominate in the emerging world, providing protection against falling exports and flighty foreign investors.
随着对通货膨胀的控制不断加强,新兴世界几乎都实行了浮动汇率制(中国是个特例),拥有充足的外汇储备,这些都可以在出口不断减少或是外国投资者反复无常时为经济提供保障。 - 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。 - Childlings sylphs are timid and flighty.
精灵小孩是胆小害羞和让人捉摸不定。