flighty

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雙語(yǔ)例句

• It was amplified by newfangled, flighty financial techniques, notably buying assets with borrowed money and watching leverage work its arithmetical magic.
  他被新穎而輕浮的金融操作所放大，尤其是人們借錢購(gòu)置資產(chǎn)，并坐觀金融杠桿發(fā)揮著數(shù)字魔術(shù)。
• Set at the turn of the 19th century, in "Hayslope" during the Methodist revival, the story concerns Adam, a stern carpenter who is engaged to the pretty but flighty milkmaid, Hetty Sorrel.
  該書寫于 19 世紀(jì)末期，正值衛(wèi)理公會(huì)教派復(fù)蘇之時(shí)，主角亞當(dāng)是一個(gè)不茍言笑的木匠，卻娶了漂亮輕浮的擠奶工海蒂。
• She was drawn to the scholastic and artistic crowds in high school but they rejected her point-blank, assuming either that she was a flighty airhead or was mocking the gawky students in those circles.
  在高中時(shí)，她想和愛學(xué)習(xí)有藝術(shù)氣質(zhì)的人交朋友，但是他們斷然拒絕接受她，因?yàn)樗麄兿氘?dāng)然的認(rèn)為她只是一個(gè)輕浮而且腦袋空空如也的傻瓜蛋，或者懷疑她在嘲笑他們?nèi)锏膶W(xué)生們遲鈍。

權(quán)威例句

• Even the strongest firm is a delicate combination of flighty clients and flightier talent.
  ECONOMIST: UnfulPhilled
• Hong Kong's investors are likely to fare better with boring insurance than with flighty internet stocks.
  ECONOMIST: This year's biggest initial public offering
• But because it did not rely on flighty capital markets for funds, it has weathered the downturn better.
  ECONOMIST: Face value
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