frivolousness n. 愚笨
- Lack of importance or purpose;frivolousness.
无意义或无目的; - Inclined to wisdom but not to learning, frivolousness would be the failure.
喜欢知识,却不喜欢学习,其弊乃放荡不羁; - President Kao, however , did not agree with this frivolousness;he sat tight-lipped and unsmiling to show his disapproval.
高校长深不以这种轻薄为然,紧闭着嘴不笑,聊示反对。
frivolousness[ noun ]
the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
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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.