very 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。 ■very slender or fine; insubstantial 细的,精细的;微弱的 a tenuous cloud. 淡淡的云彩。
派生 tenuously adverb tenuousness noun 语源
late 16th cent.: formed irregularly from Latin tenuis 'thin' + -ous