frivolous的意思|frivolous的解释-里氏词典

frivolous ['frɪvələs]

a. 轻佻的, 妄动的, 琐碎的

[法] 轻薄的, 轻浮的, 无意义的

She thought that reading romantic novels was a frivolous way of spending her time.
她认为看浪漫小说是虚度时光。
At 18, he's still rather frivolous and needs to grow up.
他到了十八岁仍然很不懂事，很不成熟。
I think there is a kernel of truth in these otherwise frivolous comments.
我认为在这些本来是无关紧要的评论中含有一定的真实性。

frivolous

[ adj ]
not serious in content or attitude or behavior
<adj.all>
a frivolous novela frivolous remark
a frivolous young woman

Frivolous \Friv"o*lous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare
to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.]
1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight;
as, a frivolous argument. --Swift.

2. Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly;
interested especially in trifling matters.

His personal tastes were low and frivolous.
--Macaulay.

Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. --
{Friv"o*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Friv"o*lous*ness}, n.

Mr. Zamarello has since sued Barclays, alleging breach of contract; a Barclays lawyer calls the action "frivolous."
He also said Judge Black knew the suit wasn't frivolous because the Securities and Exchange Commission had filed a similar action in his court against many of the same defendants.
"If it is a symbolic measure with no impact whatsoever on our rights, then it is a frivolous exercise," Rep. Albert Bustamante, D-Texas, told the House Judiciary subcommittee on civil and criminal rights Wednesday.
No-one treats philandering so lightly today. Frisby has changed too: out with the frivolous, in with the serious.
Many of us are dumbfounded by recent examples of misdirection, such as the frivolous antitrust case brought by state attorneys general accusing insurance companies of causing the tort crisis.
So have tougher penalties against frivolous cases, some lawyers say.
Anthony D'Auria, attorney for North Shore, called the lawsuit "frivolous" and said the hospital would fight it.
The judges reported that they are fighting back by increasingly dishing out sanctions against offending attorneys or their clients for bringing a frivolous lawsuit, motion or defense.
He says the fishermen are not opposed to the regeneration of Newport, but a barrage appears to be a frivolous solution.
The judge also orders Dew to pay $5,000 in damages for pressing a frivolous case despite IRS warnings.
The company has dropped "commodity-priced brand name electronics" and is offering "more useful, less frivolous" products, he said.
In return, environmentalists would give industry far more certainty that it can log and manage nonwilderness areas without frivolous lawsuits.
The union has denied American's charges that pilots have been staging sickouts, taxiing slowly to waste fuel and filing frivolous requests for equipment maintenance.
The compromise postpones until next year the battle over the broader issue raised by the statute of limitations question: how to reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits that companies, auditors, law firms, securities firms and other face.
But in the federal courts of eastern Virginia, the judges hate foot-dragging and frivolous paper wars.
"We're trying to point out that this is not something frivolous.
"In the 1990s, corporations don't want to be opulent in any way or frivolous with shareholders' money," says Clive Chajet, chairman of the corporate image consulting firm Lippincott & Marguiles.
The charge was found to be frivolous and malicious by a Rockingham County judge, who ordered Ms. Hicks to pay $52 in court fees.
"It creates the wrong image for the Legislature," said Garton. "It's a frivolous image.
A puckish man with an ever-present twinkle in his eye, Andrey wants John to "say something frivolous."
"Being frivolous, it was worth it.
So far as we're concerned, the suit is a frivolous attempt to involve Drexel and is totally without merit."
The judge also has imposed damages of $3,000 for bringing frivolous claims before the court.
Intelligent travel writing presupposes prior spade-work by the writer; a degree of sympathy with the subject; and, above all, humour that is neither frivolous nor offensive.
Eric and Peggy Chandler failed to get a court to bar a $500 "frivolous return" penalty, and they paid it.
The INS tightened the program's procedures after massive fraud was discovered in the program, said INS District Director Perry Rivkind, who called the suit "frivolous."
The ruling is particularly significant in south Texas, where the INS detains refugees and considers most applications frivolous, according to Robert Rubin, a San Francisco lawyer who represents the Salvadorans.
After Justice Burger's rebuke, the Florida Bar filed a complaint about Mr. Clark with the state Supreme Court, and last month the high court reprimanded him for "abuse of the court system" and making "frivolous claims."
Because the losing party will be obligated to pay the winner's fees, this approach will encourage litigants to evaluate carefully the merits of their cases before initiating a frivolous claim or adopting a spurious defense.
"I thought it was a frivolous case," Powell said. "I still think it was a frivolous case.

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