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un·sub·stan·tial
uhn sb staen shl
unsubstantially (adv.), unsubstantiality (n.)
adjective
having little or no basis in fact; without foundation.unsubstantial claims
without physical or material substance.unsubstantial dreams
not strong; weak or flimsy; insubstantial.a poorly built, unsubstantial house
15世纪中期,来自 un-(1)“不”+ substantial(adj.)。
The first known use of unsubstantial was in the 15th century
unsuitableadjective
not suitable or fitting : unbecoming, inappropriate
unsuitableadjective
not suitable or fitting : unbecoming, inappropriate
unsuitableadjective
not suitable or fitting : unbecoming, inappropriate
unsuccessfuladjective
not successful : not having or producing success
unsuccessfuladjective
not successful : not having or producing success
unsubstantialadjective
lacking substance, firmness, or strength
1 When the Devil is trounced in Paradise Regained, "Darkness now rose / As daylight sunk, and brought in louring Night / Her shadowy offspring, unsubstantial both, / Privation mere of light and absent day".
2 Why, now that they have become physically strong, should they bother about the unsubstantial kind of strength known as moral to which they were forced to resort when they were physically weak?
3 Hudson was only the type of a class whose members were invested by the railway passion of the period with brief splendour and unsubstantial prosperity.
4 The shadows of the hollies and cypresses were thin and unsubstantial, but where a beach overarched the grass, Evelyn and Mrs. Chisholm, attired in light draperies, reclined in basket chairs.
5 The nest of the Wood Dove is an unsubstantial structure, composed of sticks so loosely put together that the eggs or young birds are sometimes visible from below.
6 The vulgarism study of modern Chinese language is an unsubstantial tache in the history of researching common sayings of Chinese language.
近代汉语俗语研究是汉语俗语史研究中一个较为薄弱的环节。
7 This chase after antiquity proves to have something unsubstantial about it.
8 But beyond this crowd of unaspiring humanity, passionate of gain rather than of any unsubstantial thing, rises the splendid front of the cathedral, set upon a height, as the temple of the Lord should be.
9 Simultaneously, the gas control in roof caving and fully mechanized mining is the unsubstantial aspect of prevention measures for gas disasters in all over the world.
同时,放顶煤综采工作面的瓦斯治理也是世界各国煤矿瓦斯灾害防治技术的薄弱环节。
10 Why fill, with the veriest baubles of this unsubstantial scene, hearts already too much inclined to exclude their rightful possessor?
11 On the contrary, clichs and unsubstantial lies dramatically reduce credibility, which should be averted, according to a source from the matrimonial company.
然而千篇一律的套话和不能兑现的假话将会大大降低自身的信誉度,所以应该尽量避免。
12 Brown dismissed it as cynical and unsubstantial.
13 This pessimistic philosophy is difficult to fight, for it is unsubstantial, and dissolves like mist whenever you come to close quarters.
14 The fires happen very often in the central city zone of the metropolis. It's an unsubstantial aspect in the fire control management.
大城市的中心城区往往火灾多发,是消防管理中的薄弱环节。
15 A first glance told her that he was more splendid than any other man in the building, and then everything about and beyond him became vague and dim and unsubstantial.
16 All lights were out on the Tarifa, but I could see her hull dimly, a blot of solid black against the night's unsubstantial blackness.
17 “It’s a pretty unsubstantial machine, compared to where typewriters got to.”
18 From a personal finance perspective, people with extra cash should feel free to put an unsubstantial portion of their wealth into high-risk, high-volatility assets like crypto or meme stocks or even Super Bowl bets (thanks for the two-touchdown performance, Cooper Kupp).
19 Every one is agreed that Lord Parnaby is flippant and unsubstantial; we doubt his principles and we have grave fears about his morality.
20 It was filmy and unsubstantial, etherealized by the moonlight, but it grew plainer, and once more he saw Benicia Figuera as he had talked with her in the shady patio.
1 不现实
coocoo translunary fantastic visionary impractical highbrow insubstantial pie-in-the-sky unpractical delusive high-domed high-browed unrealism
2 脆弱的
weak slight vulnerable tender delicate slender flimsy frail insubstantial unfortified finespun
5 分量不足的
6 不现实的
coocoo translunary fantastic visionary impractical highbrow insubstantial pie-in-the-sky unpractical delusive high-domed high-browed fanciful have stardust in eyes
8 无实体
separate intangible untouchable inane disembodied incorporeal insubstantial impalpable bodiless incorporeity aeriform immaterialize
9 不真实的
inveracious unveracious affected cardboard unreal untrue dreamlike untruthful nonobjective Alice-in-Wonderland illusional
10 不真实
inveracious unveracious affected cardboard unreal untrue dreamlike untruthful nonobjective Alice-in-Wonderland illusional untruth unreality unveracity inveracity
11 无事实根据的
13 脆弱
weak slight vulnerable tender delicate slender flimsy frail insubstantial unfortified finespun sl. slightly frailty
15 乏力的
16 非物质的
17 不结实的
loose cardboard unstable flabby tinny slimsy flimsy slight spongy unsound flaccid pasteboard incompact slimpsy
19 想像
ideal fantastic fancy imaginary mythical unreal dreamy fictitious shadowy notional fancied supposititious imagination conception think image imagine suppose see feature form project body figure dream vision conceive envision envisage visualize surmise mind's eye figure to oneself picture to oneself
20 空幻的
22 空想
cloud-built viewy ideal fantastic romantic visionary ideological airy impractical utopian make-believe quixotic chimeric pie-in-the-sky vaporous blue-sky unpractical high-flown airy-fairy aery Babylonish tender-minded visional moonshiny fancy cloud-castle wind pipe imagination vapor ideology daydream froth reverie moonshine stargazing aim at the moon blow bubbles in the clouds translunary abstract aerial unrealistic notional romanesque phantasmal chimerical translunar phantasmic aerially dream fantasy vapour maggot romanticism escapism phantasm ideality megrim fantasm romance pipedream cloud castle
24 不切实际的
viewy academic ideal crazy romantic unreasonable unrealistic impractical dreamy utopian starry Platonic quixotic starry-eyed wild-eyed blue-sky unpractical high-flown airy-fairy pie-eyed in the clouds
26 空想的
cloud-built viewy ideal fantastic romantic visionary ideological airy impractical utopian make-believe quixotic chimeric pie-in-the-sky vaporous blue-sky unpractical high-flown airy-fairy aery Babylonish tender-minded visional moonshiny fancy translunary abstract aerial unrealistic notional romanesque phantasmal chimerical translunar phantasmic
27 薄弱
weak invalid flimsy frail tenuous untenable flabby infirm insubstantial slimmish meagerly slenderly flimsily infirmly infirmness weakness thinness flimsiness tenuity