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

• Other sources of finance can be flighty, too.
  其实其他金融来源也可能不那么可靠。
• She was never flighty like you.
  她从来不像你这样胡思乱想。
• In this country, the "smart" people have these logical, linear abilities, while right-brain people are often seen as flighty, spacey, artsy-fartsy.
  在这个国家，“聪明”的人们具有那些逻辑、线性能力；而右脑思考的人们经常被视作轻浮、空幻、艺术、做作。
• 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。
• 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。
• Men said they wanted a "kind-hearted" wife, not too beautiful and flighty, but modest and homely.
  男性表示他们希望找个“善良”的妻子，不必太漂亮，但不能轻浮，最好谦逊而顾家。
• First, French banks are particularly reliant on potentially flighty short-term wholesale funding, rather than on stickier deposits or long-term debt.
  首先，法国银行特别依赖浮动的短期大规模集资，而不是更固定的存款或长期借款。
• If it does not act, Mr Tucker says supervisors should limit the amount of short-term funding that European and international banks can get from "flighty sources" such as money market funds.
  塔克表示，如果它没有采取行动，监管机构应该限制欧洲和国际上的银行从货币市场基金等“波动源头”获得短期融资的数量。
• With inflation under much better control, floating exchange rates ( China is a big exception) and well-stocked foreign-exchange reserves now dominate in the emerging world, providing protection against falling exports and flighty foreign investors.
  随着对通货膨胀的控制不断加强，新兴世界几乎都实行了浮动汇率制（中国是个特例），拥有充足的外汇储备，这些都可以在出口不断减少或是外国投资者反复无常时为经济提供保障。
• 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。