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tenuous
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Learner's definition of TENUOUS
[more tenuous; most tenuous]
1
: not certain, definite, or strong : flimsy, weak, or uncertain不确定的；脆弱的；含糊的
- He has a tenuous grasp/grip/hold on reality.他对现实不甚了解。
- a tenuous hypothesis/relationship模棱两可的假设；不确定的关系
- The local theater has had a tenuous existence in recent years.这家当地剧院近年来经营惨淡。
- He could demonstrate only a tenuous claim to ownership.对于所有权，他拿出的证据根本站不住脚。
- The connection between his absence and the robbery is tenuous [=shaky] at best.他的不在场和抢劫之间最多也就是有点联系。
2
literary : very thin纤细的；单薄的
- the silkworm's tenuous threads蚕吐出的细丝
— tenuously
adverb- He was tenuously linked to the crime.他与此次犯罪关联不大。
tenuous
adjective
ten·u·ous ˈten-yə-wəs 
-yü-əs
tenuously adverb
tenuousness noun
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What is the Definition of tenuous?
Something tenuous has been stretched thin and might break at any time. A person with a tenuous hold on his sanity should be watched carefully. If a business is only tenuously surviving, it will probably go bankrupt in the next recession. If there seems to be only a tenuous connection between two crimes, it means the investigators have more work to do.
Example Sentences
What is also true is that they, and I, were lucky, through genes or fate, to surge through the maelstrom of dashed hope and denied opportunity to grasp a tenuous piece of the American Dream. 
Anthony Walton, Lure and Loathing, 1993 After the end of the crusading period, however relations between East and West had grown tenuous … Albert Hourani, Islam in European Thought, 1991 The authors follow researchers as they use the slimmest leads and the most tenuous connections to track the genes for Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, schizophrenia and a host of other physical and mental miseries. Natalie Angier, New York Times Book Review, 12 Aug. 1990 He has a tenuous grasp on reality. The local theater has had a tenuous existence in recent years. He could demonstrate only a tenuous claim to ownership. See More
Anthony Walton, Lure and Loathing, 1993 After the end of the crusading period, however relations between East and West had grown tenuous … Albert Hourani, Islam in European Thought, 1991 The authors follow researchers as they use the slimmest leads and the most tenuous connections to track the genes for Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, schizophrenia and a host of other physical and mental miseries. Natalie Angier, New York Times Book Review, 12 Aug. 1990 He has a tenuous grasp on reality. The local theater has had a tenuous existence in recent years. He could demonstrate only a tenuous claim to ownership. See More Recent Examples on the Web The path of the Afghan journalists and their families to Mexico was as arbitrary, personal and tenuous as anything else in the frantic and scattershot evacuation of Kabul. New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021 On social media, agreements are tenuous and alliances fleeting. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 July 2021 The search is the latest historic development in Trump’s tenuous and tortured relationship with the Justice Department, both during and after his time in the White House. Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Biden’s election has bumped us back up to an eight, Marshall said, but a tenuous and unstable eight. Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2022 These are generally negative styles of humor that are mostly based on mockery and ridicule and are correlated with poor mental well-being and tenuous relationships. Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Since the end of the Cold War, Western governments and businesses have been all too willing to trade and invest in countries where the rule of law is absent or tenuous at best. David Kamenetzky And Leopoldo López, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022 Now, the White Sox must replace both elements without disrupting what was a tenuous but occasionally dominant formula in 2021. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022 Distant and tenuous are two words that accurately describe his relationship with our parents. Longreads, 21 Mar. 2022 See More
New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021 On social media, agreements are tenuous and alliances fleeting. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 July 2021 The search is the latest historic development in Trump’s tenuous and tortured relationship with the Justice Department, both during and after his time in the White House. Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Biden’s election has bumped us back up to an eight, Marshall said, but a tenuous and unstable eight. Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2022 These are generally negative styles of humor that are mostly based on mockery and ridicule and are correlated with poor mental well-being and tenuous relationships. Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Since the end of the Cold War, Western governments and businesses have been all too willing to trade and invest in countries where the rule of law is absent or tenuous at best. David Kamenetzky And Leopoldo López, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022 Now, the White Sox must replace both elements without disrupting what was a tenuous but occasionally dominant formula in 2021. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022 Distant and tenuous are two words that accurately describe his relationship with our parents. Longreads, 21 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin tenuis "fine-drawn, thin, narrow, slight" + -ous — more at thin entry 1
First Known Use
1597, in the meaning defined at sense 3
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