"tenuous" 怎么发音

word

US

ˈtɛnjəwəs

TEN-yuh-wus

UK

tˈɛnjuːəs

TEN-yoo-uhs

释义

Something tenuous is weak, thin, or not certain; it is easily broken, changed, or lost. It can refer to physical things (very thin) or to abstract things like ideas, relationships, or connections.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈtɛnjəwəs

英式英语

tˈɛnjuːəs

简化发音

美式

TEN-yuh-wus

英式

TEN-yoo-uhs

语境中听

The evidence for his story is very tenuous.

Our connection is pretty tenuous after so many years apart.

She made a tenuous argument in the debate.

There's only a tenuous link between the two events.