tenuousness
1. " At the end of the book, there remains a certain ambiguity, a vague tenuousness to their relationship, which Carlisle recognizes.
在小说末尾,他们的关系其实不甚明朗,正如卡莱尔意识到的那样,他们之间存在着晦暗不明的细微差别。
2. Despite the tenuousness of the chain of causation, the Court held that there was a "substantial likelihood" that the nuclear plants near the plaintiffs' homes would not be completed or operated without the statute.
尽管这一因果链很含混,法院还是认为存在“实质上的可能性”,那就是原告住处附近的发电厂,要不是此项法律就不可能建成或启动。