tenuously
adverb uk/ˈten.ju.əs.li/ us/ˈten.ju.əs.li/
薄弱地，不牢固地
connected in a way that is not strong or certain
pay increases that are only tenuously linked to performance 只与业绩勉强挂钩的加薪
literary脆弱地，易损地
in a way that is weak, and easily broken
Patches of snow clung tenuously to the mud and dead grass. 成片的雪松散地覆盖在泥土和枯草上。
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- All these comic bits are rather tenuously connected.
- The evidence for the link between APS and other diseases may be intriguing, but is at best only tenuously established.
- The decision was a savage blow for a town clinging rather tenuously to the belief that it is a regional shopping centre.
- Fish are often hooked so tenuously that just the weight of the fish can pull the hook free as the fish is pulled from the water.