flighty

英 [ˈflaɪti]

美 [ˈflaɪti]

adj.  (女子)反复无常的，轻浮的

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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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  Synonym:skittishspookynervous
• guided by whim and fancy
  1. flighty young girls
  Synonym:flyawayhead-in-the-cloudsscatterbrained

双语例句

• Childlings sylphs are timid and flighty.
  精灵小孩是胆小害羞和让人捉摸不定。
• Other sources of finance can be flighty, too.
  其实其他金融来源也可能不那么可靠。
• 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。
• Flighty people often have volatile dispositions.
  轻浮的人经常反复无常。
• She was a flighty piece.
  她是个轻浮的女人。
• 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。
• A flighty and disorganized person.
  一个好作奇想和没有组织的人。
• And can change plans quickly, but you are not flighty.
  你是思维敏捷，能够很快的根据情况改变对策，但是你并不轻率，随心所欲。
• What a flighty person she is!
  她这人真三八！
• They could also argue that retail deposits can be as flighty as the wholesale markets: just ask Northern Rock and IndyMac, both of which suffered rapid withdrawals.
  他们也能说小规模存款与大规模市场一样的不稳定。正如北岩银行与因迪美一样遭遇了挤兑。