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

  1. 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

    1. N-UNCOUNT 孟浪;轻佻;轻浮
      Levity is 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。

    双语例句

    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。
    2. 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。
    3. 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。
    4. 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。
    5. I believe the dead are at peace: but it is not right to speak of them with levity.
      我相信死者是太平了,可没有权利来轻贱他们。
    6. The only moment of levity during the conference came when one speaker sang at the end of her speech.
      会议中唯一气氛活跃的时候是一位发言者演说完唱起歌来。
    7. The branch of this Credit Agency, winner of a closed competition, brings a breath of lightness and a levity that would be more common in a completely different sort of building;
      这个信贷机构,一个封闭的大赛冠军,分公司带来了轻盈和轻率的将是更全面建设完全不同种类的共同呼吸;
    8. 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。
    9. NET. More requests on expansibility for MIS are brought forward because of user requirement levity and development environment levity.
      用户需求多变性和开发运行环境的变化对mis系统的可扩展性提出更高的要求。
    10. I did everything I could to inject a bit of levity into mine.
      我做每件事情时,都希望能够给我自己的事情加入一点乐趣。
    11. To her natural levity of disposition, her enterprise brought less of terror than of pleasurable excitement.
      由于她生来性格轻浮,对于这个冒险计划并不恐惧,只觉得是一种愉快的刺激。
    12. Moments of levity are rare these days, however.
      然而,最近他却几乎没有轻松的时候。
    13. 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。
    14. It was cruel levity in you to do that.
      那本是你狠心轻薄的行为。
    15. They make a powerful case for why levity is an extremely effective tool for helping people to work better.
      两位作者对于为什么胡闹在帮助人们更好工作是一款极为有效的工具做出了他们的雄辩。
    16. 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。
    17. His remarks injected a note of levity into the proceedings.
      他的话将一丝轻率带入了议事过程中。
    18. Up in the South Stand, it was a welcome note of levity.
      在南看台上,这是种受人欢迎的轻松信号。
    19. She was trying to inject some levity into the grim proceedings.
      她试图在严峻的议程中加进点轻松剂。
    20. On the other hand, the complexity of inside structure and levity of exterior complication in system of stock market prediction is a complex problem.
      但是股价系统内部结构的复杂性、外部因素的多变性决定了这项任务的艰巨性。
    21. 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。
    22. 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。
    23. Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.
      经济学这一门科学,曾经受到各种各样的轻视,但它是不可以等闲视之的。
    24. Miss Moore was a woman of steady deportment, without the least levity of conversation or carriage. She came to thoroughly dislike the light-headed young fellows of the shop.
      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。她讨厌车间里那些轻浮的青工,他们中没有一个举止文雅。
    25. It's about how "levity" can transform the workplace.
      这本书讲述了‘轻佻’如何改变办公场所。
    26. Now, you might be thinking, as I did," Levity would sure be tough for me, I'm not particularly funny, and I'm not particularly outgoing. "
      现在,也许你和我一样也认为:“‘轻佻’对我而言肯定很难做到,我不是特别幽默的人,我也不是很外向。”
    27. Blindness heat, repetition and levity;
      盲目求热、重复多变;
    28. At the same time, monetary policy should focus on agility and levity and exert its structure function.
      同时,货币政策应注重灵活多变,使其在经济活动中适度发挥结构性作用。
    29. 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。
    30. 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。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a manner lacking seriousness

      1. feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness