Adjective:

1. not serious in content or attitude or behavior;

   "a frivolous novel"
   "a frivolous remark"
   "a frivolous young woman"
   

1.轻浮的;轻佻的;草率的
If you describe someone asfrivolous, you mean they behave in a silly or light-hearted way, rather than being serious and sensible.

e.g. I just decided I was a bit toofrivolous to be a doctor...
我刚刚决定说自己有点过于轻率，不适合做医生。
e.g. Isabelle was afrivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
伊莎贝尔是一个轻佻的小傻瓜，自负而又反复无常。

2.无聊的;无用的;浪费的
If you describe an activity asfrivolous, you disapprove of it because it is not useful and wastes time or money.

e.g. The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes arefrivolous projects.
这个团体表示希望从政者不要再把公帑浪费在一些它认为无关痛痒的项目上。

1. 轻佻的, 琐碎的, 妄动的：susceptometer 磁化率计 |frivolous 轻佻的, 琐碎的, 妄动的 | brake connection pin 制动拉杆销

2. 无关紧要的：tactile触觉的 |frivolous 无关紧要的 | reprieve 暂缓

3. 轻佻的：frivolity 轻薄 |frivolous 轻佻的 |frivolously 轻浮地

She had a reputation of being a frivolous coquette.

大家都说她是一个轻佻的荡妇。

Some of Mr Obama's friends spook business.Whereas Mr McCain supports curbs on frivolous lawsuits, trial lawyers back Mr Obama with open wallets.

奥巴马的朋友们在起诉公司，而麦凯恩却支持限制琐碎的诉讼，而诉讼律师们敞开了口袋支持奥巴马。

Don't waste your time on frivolous matters.

别把时间浪费在无足轻重的事情上。

frivolous comments'/suggestions

愚蠢的话；可笑的建议

Sorry, I was being frivolous.

对不起，我失态了。

frivolous pastimes'/pleasures

无聊的消遣 / 娱乐

The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.

这个团体表示希望从政者不要再把公帑浪费在一些它认为无关痛痒的项目上。

Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.

伊莎贝尔是一个轻佻的小傻瓜，自负而又反复无常。

I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor...

我刚刚决定说自己有点过于轻率，不适合做医生。

He is wasting his time on frivolous matters.

他正把时间浪费在无足轻重的事情上.

It was frivolous of him to make such an accusation.

他提出这样的指控真无聊.

It's frivolous misuse of time, I confess.

我承认,这有点无谓浪费时间.

She had a reputation of being a frivolous coquette.

大家都说她是一个轻佻的荡妇.

His criticisms were always captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions.

他的评论一向轻率并爱吹毛求疵, 从不提出有建设性的建议.

Why don't you change your frivolous habits ?

今天我们学习了小数与 复名数 的相互转换.

He is a frivolous playboy.

他是个玩世不恭的花花公子.

The joy of living never comes to the frivolous, the superficial, the selfish.

做事轻率 、 肤浅而又自私的人从不会有生活的乐趣.

She thought that reading romantic novels was a frivolous way of spending her time.

她认为看浪漫小说是虚度时光.

Inclination in that direction has long been considered frivolous and unmanly.

这方面的爱好长期被认为是轻薄和非男子气的.

No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit.

无谓的诉讼从没有治愈任何人.

Virtue is a very vain and frivolous thing if it derive its recommendation from glory.

在所有的快乐中,赞扬给人带来的快乐是最危险的,回避赞扬比回避其他一切危险更有必要.

Library Case Study of Administrative Law: Can Modem User Be More frivolous?

图书馆行政法个案: 魔电族真能魔高一丈 吗 ?

So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten.

我们今天所作的事情中有多少是轻浮妄动的、徒劳无用的、易被遗忘的.

He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.

他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱.

He wasted his time on frivolous matters.

他浪费时间在玩世不恭的事情上.

This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.

这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式.

Everyone feels that there is a level of income above which all consumption is frivolous.

每个人都认为存在一个(属于自己的)收入水平值,如果超过这个水平,所进行的一切消费均没有意义.

THEY may have been indulging themselves in the frivolous atmosphere of Spring Festival.

也许学生们还依然沉溺于无聊的春节气氛之中.

One of the accusations frequently laid at fashion's sometimes gaudy door is that it's frivolous.

时尚经常会因为华而不实受到指责,其中一种说法就是时尚太轻浮了.

The frivolous gauze account on bedstead.

床架上轻薄的纱帐.

Who'd be fool enough to buy such a frivolous dress?

谁会愚蠢到买这样一件轻佻的衣服 呢 ?

I stuffed her mind with frivolous ideas.

我向她灌输了毫无意义的观点.

• I always try to switch my thoughts to something frivolous like clothes.

  出自：B. Pym

• Unless the application is clearly frivolous, it will usually be granted.

  出自：R. C. A. White