levity

英 [ˈlevəti]

美 [ˈlevəti]

n.  轻率的举止; 轻浮; 轻佻

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BNC.34251 / COCA.25278

牛津词典

noun

• 轻率的举止；轻浮；轻佻
  behaviour that shows a lack of respect for sth serious and that treats it in an amusing way

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 孟浪；轻佻；轻浮
  Levityis behaviour that shows a tendency to treat serious matters in a non-serious way.
  1. At the time, Arnold had disapproved of such levity.
     那时候的阿诺德对这种轻浮行为很看不惯。

英英释义

noun

• a manner lacking seriousness
• feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness

双语例句

• Now he's so angry, moments of levity actually cause him pain.
  现在他很愤怒。母亲的不检点，让他痛苦。
• Miss Moore was a woman of steady deportment, without the least levity of conversation or carriage.
  穆尔小姐是个态度稳重的女人，谈吐举止绝无半点轻浮之处。
• The characteristic of real estate trust product risk is complexity, hiding and levity, thus the risk control to the real estate trust is more urgent and essential.
  房地产信托产品的风险更具有复杂性、隐蔽性和多变性的特点，因而对房地产信托进行风险控制更为紧迫和必要。
• You and I are exceptions to the laws of nature; you have risen by your gravity, and I have sunk by my levity.
  你和我都是自然法则的例外；你因沉着重厚而高升，而我则因轻佻浮薄而下沉。
• Being stuck in an airport is no fun, but having a little levity about the situation makes things a bit easier to deal with.
  被困机场并不有趣，但是轻松面对境况会让事情更容易处理。
• Better to read little with thought than much with levity and quickness.
  贪快读得多，不如边学边想读得少。
• Laser will be attenuated and scattered by aerosol particles while passing through the cloud and fog, yet it ′ s hard to meet the experiment condition because of fog ′ s levity.
  激光在云雾中传输时会受到云雾的衰减、散射等作用，基于云雾的多变性，研究的试验条件很难满足，难度较大。
• The levity of some of the younger women in and about Trantridge was marked, and was perhaps symptomatic of the choice spirit who ruled The Slopes in that vicinity.
  在特兰里奇及其附近，有一些年轻妇女的轻佻惹人注意，这种轻佻也许就是控制附近那块坡地上人们精神的征兆。
• I've been a little bit appalled by the levity with which some of our politicians discuss this issue.
  我们的一些政治家讨论此问题时的轻浮态度使我有点感到惊恐。
• First, they are living in a rapidly changing era, which demands the people to constantly follow up the times and levity that add the sense of insecurity.
  首先是时代的压力，他们生活在一个快速多变的时代，快速使人要不断地跟进时代的步伐，多变让人更增添了不安全感。