mid-15c., from Latin frivolus "silly, empty, trifling, worthless," diminutive of *frivos "broken, crumbled," from friare "break, rub away, crumble" (see friable). In law (by 1736), "so clearly insufficient as to need no argument to show its weakness." Related: Frivolously; frivolousness.
权威例句
1. This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.
这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式.
2. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
我刚刚决定说自己有点过于轻率,不适合做医生。
3. The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.
这个团体表示希望从政者不要再把公帑浪费在一些它认为无关痛痒的项目上。
4. No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit.
无谓的诉讼从没有治愈任何人.
5. Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.