insubstantial

英 [ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃl]

美 [ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃl]

adj.  不大的; 不坚固的; 不重要的; 非真实的; 非实体的; 虚幻的

GRE

BNC.19028 / COCA.21275

牛津词典

adj.

• 不大的；不坚固的；不重要的
  not very large, strong or important
  1. an insubstantial construction of wood and glue
     用木头和胶粘合的简单构造
  2. an insubstantial argument
     不充实的论据
• 非真实的；非实体的；虚幻的
  not real or solid
  1. as insubstantial as a shadow
     虚无缥缈

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不大的;不坚固的;脆弱的
  Something that isinsubstantialis not large, solid, or strong.
  1. Mars has an insubstantial atmosphere, consisting almost entirely of carbon dioxide...
     火星的大气层极其稀薄,几乎全部由二氧化碳构成。
  2. Her limbs were insubstantial, almost transparent.
     她的四肢非常纤细,几乎是透明的。

英英释义

adj

• lacking material form or substance
  1. as insubstantial as a dream
  2. an insubstantial mirage on the horizon
  Synonym:unsubstantialunreal
• lacking in nutritive value
  1. the jejune diets of the very poor
  Synonym:jejune

双语例句

• Her limbs were insubstantial, almost transparent.
  她的四肢非常纤细，几乎是透明的。
• Sound of birds in landscape is important aspect of insubstantial scene, reflecting the ecological property of landscape.
  园林设计中鸟声是园林虚景的重要方面，同时也是生态园林的具体体现。
• Objcts with no collision data are insubstantial and the train will pass through them.
  没有碰撞数据的物体，在游戏中将被认为是虚幻的，如果碰撞在一起，列车将穿过它们。
• In the process of binding with the film aesthetic and applying the traditional culture, Chinese film is able to build it's own the mutual promotion between the substantial and the insubstantial and conception beyond images.
  在与电影美学的契合中，在弘扬传统文化的过程中，中国电影能够构建出虚实相生、境生象外的美学品格。
• In the rapid developing era, the concrete economic activities have been replaced by the new and insubstantial activities, and the rights is transforming into the securities, which are more abstract and liquid.
  飞速发展的信息时代，实实在在的经济活动被虚拟成全新的形式，权利成了更为抽象而极具流动性的证券。
• She wore a pale, floating dress and looked wraithlike and insubstantial.
  她穿着一件浅色的，飘动着的连衣裙，看上去像幽灵一样，虚无缥缈。
• Some of the other campers werein swimming, along the shore, one of them with a cake of soap, and the waterfelt thin and clear and insubstantial.
  沿岸有度假者在游泳，其中一人带着一块香皂，湖水清澈透明，人仿佛是游在虚空之中。
• With the more obvious trend of securitization, the growth of the insubstantial economy driven by securitization is becoming the leading sector in the whole economic growth, and the security is becoming one of the major means people possess the wealth.
  证券化的趋势日渐明显，由证券化推动形成的虚拟经济正成长为经济发展的主导部分，而证券也逐步成为人们拥有财富的重要方式。
• Water also is insubstantial; by that I mean you cannot grasp hold of it, you cannot punch it and hurt it.
  水也是没有实体的，这样说是指你无法抓住水，你无法击打它、伤害它。
• He moved though the house, as silent and insubstantial as a shadow.
  他穿过房子，像安静而又虚幻的影子一样。