Definition of tenuous in English:

tenuous

adjective ˈtɛnjʊəsˈtɛnjuəs

1Very weak or slight.
微弱的；脆弱的，不坚固的
the tenuous link between interest rates and investment
利率与投资之间可有可无的联系。
Example sentencesExamples
- These comments provide a glimpse into the thinking of a layer of extremely wealthy Hollywood liberals or erstwhile liberals, whose commitment to democratic rights is increasingly tenuous.
- If I can just figure out some tenuous contextual link…
- W.B. Yeats connection with the house is tenuous indeed and hangs by the slender thread of his infatuation with Con and Eva.
- Despite the tenuous nature of these links, professionals are obliged to advise and even persuade parents to follow the campaign's advice.
- Five of the six miniatures represent couples, three of them in nocturnal landscapes, and their relationship to the text remains distinctly tenuous.
- As the debate has gone on, the arguments have got thinner and thinner and more tenuous from the Opposition.
- Every night, it seems we read of yet another instance of a local trader virtually forced out of business by the hike in car park charges or, however tenuous the link, the introduction of car parking charges during the evening.
- But the fact that his confirmation was put on thin ice by such tenuous allegations concerns many activists.
- Yes I know the links to Enron are tenuous at best, but since when has that stopped various newspapers.
- Today, I shall mostly be counting minutes, and considering the tenuous link between the words ‘delay’ and ‘deadline.’
- The NY Times is mentioning a tenuous New York link but most cases have originated in Asia.
- The free-association part of my brain works overtime and I can base a wisecrack on the most tenuous of links between this and that.
- ‘But there is a link - however tenuous - between the clubs and the hooligans, whether the clubs like it or not,’ he said.
- But the central idea - that of the unexciting English town staking its tenuous claim to historical distinction - is an intriguing one.
Synonyms
slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy, doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect
vague, nebulous, hazy, unspecific, indefinite, indeterminate
1. 1.1 Very slender or fine; insubstantial.
  细的，精细的；微弱的
  a tenuous cloud
  淡淡的云彩。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The tension is a purely musical one, a question of being right there with the musicians as they navigate this tenuous territory of delicate interaction.
  Astronomical observations suggest that the Sun is presently moving through a warm, tenuous interstellar cloud made of dust and gas, one of several that make up our local galactic neighbourhood.
  This is similar to a tenuous dust cloud on Earth, visible only from the light it scatters or absorbs.
  It would seem to be towards the edge of the power, if at all, and if it were within it, the particular thing might be regarded as insubstantial, tenuous or distant.
  Synonyms
  fine, thin, slender, attenuated, delicate, gossamer, fragile

Derivatives

tenuously

adverbˈtɛnjʊəsliˈtɛnjuəsli

Tens of thousands of pastoralists are in a chronic war with bandits and each other in this semiarid region where land and water resources have tenuously supported their nomadic way of life for centuries.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a memoir of Bloom tenuously disguised as a novel.
- It tells six stories, tenuously linked, that are at times heartbreaking, but still laugh out loud funny.
- The brass-knuckles crowd believes that virtually any image or tenuously defensible statement is fair game in the street brawl of contemporary politics.
- Universities, having once led the way on the content and standards of public discussion, even if only tenuously and intermittently, now simply follow them.

tenuousness

nounˈtɛnjʊəsnəsˈtɛnjuəsnəs

Somehow, the thought of being prematurely and permanently separated from one's wife and children, God forbid, makes one more aware of the tenuousness of life.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no fragility or tenuousness to his character.
- But it is right that the tenuousness of the evidence for these widely-accepted ‘Homeric cults' should be brought out.
- One of the men vividly expresses the tenuousness of his situation when he says, ‘I feel like I'm in this web, and every time I make a move, the web shakes.’
- I will call them ‘contingent faculty’ to draw attention to the most important aspect of their employment relationship: its tenuousness.

Origin

Late 16th century: formed irregularly from Latin tenuis 'thin' + -ous.

thin from Old English:
The Old English word thin shares an ancient root with Latin tenuis ‘thin, fine, shallow’, the source of extenuate (mid 16th century) and tenuous (late 16th century). An action which is unimportant in itself, but likely to lead to more serious developments is sometimes described as the thin end of the wedge. The idea here is of something being levered open by the insertion of the edge of a wedge into a narrow crack to widen the opening so that the thicker part can also pass through. The thin red line used to be a name for the British army, in reference to the traditional scarlet uniform. The phrase first occurs in The Times of 24 January 1855, reporting a debate about the distribution of medals for the Crimean War in the House of Lords at which the Earl of Ellenborough who spoke of ‘the services of that “thin red line” which had met and routed the Russian cavalry.’ It has now become so much part of our language that the colour may be altered to change the meaning—the thin blue line can mean the police force.

Rhymes

ingenuous, strenuous

Definition of tenuous in US English:

tenuous

adjectiveˈtenyo͞oəsˈtɛnjuəs

1Very weak or slight.
微弱的；脆弱的，不坚固的
the tenuous link between interest rates and investment
利率与投资之间可有可无的联系。
Example sentencesExamples
- Every night, it seems we read of yet another instance of a local trader virtually forced out of business by the hike in car park charges or, however tenuous the link, the introduction of car parking charges during the evening.
- But the fact that his confirmation was put on thin ice by such tenuous allegations concerns many activists.
- W.B. Yeats connection with the house is tenuous indeed and hangs by the slender thread of his infatuation with Con and Eva.
- The NY Times is mentioning a tenuous New York link but most cases have originated in Asia.
- The free-association part of my brain works overtime and I can base a wisecrack on the most tenuous of links between this and that.
- As the debate has gone on, the arguments have got thinner and thinner and more tenuous from the Opposition.
- Today, I shall mostly be counting minutes, and considering the tenuous link between the words ‘delay’ and ‘deadline.’
- Five of the six miniatures represent couples, three of them in nocturnal landscapes, and their relationship to the text remains distinctly tenuous.
- Yes I know the links to Enron are tenuous at best, but since when has that stopped various newspapers.
- If I can just figure out some tenuous contextual link…
- These comments provide a glimpse into the thinking of a layer of extremely wealthy Hollywood liberals or erstwhile liberals, whose commitment to democratic rights is increasingly tenuous.
- But the central idea - that of the unexciting English town staking its tenuous claim to historical distinction - is an intriguing one.
- ‘But there is a link - however tenuous - between the clubs and the hooligans, whether the clubs like it or not,’ he said.
- Despite the tenuous nature of these links, professionals are obliged to advise and even persuade parents to follow the campaign's advice.
Synonyms
slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy, doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect
1. 1.1 Very slender or fine; insubstantial.
  细的，精细的；微弱的
  a tenuous cloud
  淡淡的云彩。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The tension is a purely musical one, a question of being right there with the musicians as they navigate this tenuous territory of delicate interaction.
  This is similar to a tenuous dust cloud on Earth, visible only from the light it scatters or absorbs.
  It would seem to be towards the edge of the power, if at all, and if it were within it, the particular thing might be regarded as insubstantial, tenuous or distant.
  Astronomical observations suggest that the Sun is presently moving through a warm, tenuous interstellar cloud made of dust and gas, one of several that make up our local galactic neighbourhood.
  Synonyms
  fine, thin, slender, attenuated, delicate, gossamer, fragile

Origin

Late 16th century: formed irregularly from Latin tenuis ‘thin’ + -ous.

单词	tenuous
释义	Definition of tenuous in English: tenuous adjective ˈtɛnjʊəsˈtɛnjuəs 1Very weak or slight. 微弱的；脆弱的，不坚固的 the tenuous link between interest rates and investment 利率与投资之间可有可无的联系。 Example sentencesExamples These comments provide a glimpse into the thinking of a layer of extremely wealthy Hollywood liberals or erstwhile liberals, whose commitment to democratic rights is increasingly tenuous. If I can just figure out some tenuous contextual link… W.B. Yeats connection with the house is tenuous indeed and hangs by the slender thread of his infatuation with Con and Eva. Despite the tenuous nature of these links, professionals are obliged to advise and even persuade parents to follow the campaign's advice. Five of the six miniatures represent couples, three of them in nocturnal landscapes, and their relationship to the text remains distinctly tenuous. As the debate has gone on, the arguments have got thinner and thinner and more tenuous from the Opposition. Every night, it seems we read of yet another instance of a local trader virtually forced out of business by the hike in car park charges or, however tenuous the link, the introduction of car parking charges during the evening. But the fact that his confirmation was put on thin ice by such tenuous allegations concerns many activists. Yes I know the links to Enron are tenuous at best, but since when has that stopped various newspapers. Today, I shall mostly be counting minutes, and considering the tenuous link between the words ‘delay’ and ‘deadline.’ The NY Times is mentioning a tenuous New York link but most cases have originated in Asia. The free-association part of my brain works overtime and I can base a wisecrack on the most tenuous of links between this and that. ‘But there is a link - however tenuous - between the clubs and the hooligans, whether the clubs like it or not,’ he said. But the central idea - that of the unexciting English town staking its tenuous claim to historical distinction - is an intriguing one. Synonyms slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy, doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect vague, nebulous, hazy, unspecific, indefinite, indeterminate 1.1 Very slender or fine; insubstantial. 细的，精细的；微弱的 a tenuous cloud 淡淡的云彩。 Example sentencesExamples The tension is a purely musical one, a question of being right there with the musicians as they navigate this tenuous territory of delicate interaction. Astronomical observations suggest that the Sun is presently moving through a warm, tenuous interstellar cloud made of dust and gas, one of several that make up our local galactic neighbourhood. This is similar to a tenuous dust cloud on Earth, visible only from the light it scatters or absorbs. It would seem to be towards the edge of the power, if at all, and if it were within it, the particular thing might be regarded as insubstantial, tenuous or distant. Synonyms fine, thin, slender, attenuated, delicate, gossamer, fragile Derivatives tenuously adverbˈtɛnjʊəsliˈtɛnjuəsli Tens of thousands of pastoralists are in a chronic war with bandits and each other in this semiarid region where land and water resources have tenuously supported their nomadic way of life for centuries. Example sentencesExamples This is a memoir of Bloom tenuously disguised as a novel. It tells six stories, tenuously linked, that are at times heartbreaking, but still laugh out loud funny. The brass-knuckles crowd believes that virtually any image or tenuously defensible statement is fair game in the street brawl of contemporary politics. Universities, having once led the way on the content and standards of public discussion, even if only tenuously and intermittently, now simply follow them. tenuousness nounˈtɛnjʊəsnəsˈtɛnjuəsnəs Somehow, the thought of being prematurely and permanently separated from one's wife and children, God forbid, makes one more aware of the tenuousness of life. Example sentencesExamples There is no fragility or tenuousness to his character. But it is right that the tenuousness of the evidence for these widely-accepted ‘Homeric cults' should be brought out. One of the men vividly expresses the tenuousness of his situation when he says, ‘I feel like I'm in this web, and every time I make a move, the web shakes.’ I will call them ‘contingent faculty’ to draw attention to the most important aspect of their employment relationship: its tenuousness. Origin Late 16th century: formed irregularly from Latin tenuis 'thin' + -ous. thin from Old English: The Old English word thin shares an ancient root with Latin tenuis ‘thin, fine, shallow’, the source of extenuate (mid 16th century) and tenuous (late 16th century). An action which is unimportant in itself, but likely to lead to more serious developments is sometimes described as the thin end of the wedge. The idea here is of something being levered open by the insertion of the edge of a wedge into a narrow crack to widen the opening so that the thicker part can also pass through. The thin red line used to be a name for the British army, in reference to the traditional scarlet uniform. The phrase first occurs in The Times of 24 January 1855, reporting a debate about the distribution of medals for the Crimean War in the House of Lords at which the Earl of Ellenborough who spoke of ‘the services of that “thin red line” which had met and routed the Russian cavalry.’ It has now become so much part of our language that the colour may be altered to change the meaning—the thin blue line can mean the police force. Rhymes ingenuous, strenuous Definition of tenuous in US English: tenuous adjectiveˈtenyo͞oəsˈtɛnjuəs 1Very weak or slight. 微弱的；脆弱的，不坚固的 the tenuous link between interest rates and investment 利率与投资之间可有可无的联系。 Example sentencesExamples Every night, it seems we read of yet another instance of a local trader virtually forced out of business by the hike in car park charges or, however tenuous the link, the introduction of car parking charges during the evening. But the fact that his confirmation was put on thin ice by such tenuous allegations concerns many activists. W.B. Yeats connection with the house is tenuous indeed and hangs by the slender thread of his infatuation with Con and Eva. The NY Times is mentioning a tenuous New York link but most cases have originated in Asia. The free-association part of my brain works overtime and I can base a wisecrack on the most tenuous of links between this and that. As the debate has gone on, the arguments have got thinner and thinner and more tenuous from the Opposition. Today, I shall mostly be counting minutes, and considering the tenuous link between the words ‘delay’ and ‘deadline.’ Five of the six miniatures represent couples, three of them in nocturnal landscapes, and their relationship to the text remains distinctly tenuous. Yes I know the links to Enron are tenuous at best, but since when has that stopped various newspapers. If I can just figure out some tenuous contextual link… These comments provide a glimpse into the thinking of a layer of extremely wealthy Hollywood liberals or erstwhile liberals, whose commitment to democratic rights is increasingly tenuous. But the central idea - that of the unexciting English town staking its tenuous claim to historical distinction - is an intriguing one. ‘But there is a link - however tenuous - between the clubs and the hooligans, whether the clubs like it or not,’ he said. Despite the tenuous nature of these links, professionals are obliged to advise and even persuade parents to follow the campaign's advice. Synonyms slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy, doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect 1.1 Very slender or fine; insubstantial. 细的，精细的；微弱的 a tenuous cloud 淡淡的云彩。 Example sentencesExamples The tension is a purely musical one, a question of being right there with the musicians as they navigate this tenuous territory of delicate interaction. This is similar to a tenuous dust cloud on Earth, visible only from the light it scatters or absorbs. It would seem to be towards the edge of the power, if at all, and if it were within it, the particular thing might be regarded as insubstantial, tenuous or distant. Astronomical observations suggest that the Sun is presently moving through a warm, tenuous interstellar cloud made of dust and gas, one of several that make up our local galactic neighbourhood. Synonyms fine, thin, slender, attenuated, delicate, gossamer, fragile Origin Late 16th century: formed irregularly from Latin tenuis ‘thin’ + -ous.
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