flimsy
单词辨析：
指具体事物易坏、易碎时常可与 fragile 换用；也可用于指人纤弱、娇气的，但此义现已少用。
delicate/fragile glass
易碎的玻璃
She is such a delicate child.
她是个十分娇弱的孩子。
除指具体事物易损坏的之外，还常用来形容经济、关系等抽象事物脆弱的。
a fragile cup
易碎的杯子
a fragile economy
脆弱的经济
Relations between the two companies are in a fragile state.
这两家公司之间关系脆弱。
相关例句：
All the women had to wear were flimsy shoes.
那时妇女们不得不穿的是那种很容易坏的鞋子。
Not just things that are flimsy and unpractical, though they have their place and time as well.
不要光有易坏和不实用的东西，虽然在某一时刻某一场所也需要它们。
She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare
她只在薄如蝉翼的睡衣外套了一件薄睡袍，而且光着脚。
He took the folded sheet of flimsy.
他拿起那张折叠着的薄纸。
Thus they are hardly to understanding that our fault always hurt their heart when they flimsy.
而他们难以谅解的是因为我们的过失总在他们最脆弱的时候触痛了他们的心。
As the flimsy constructs soared, the men paid out twine until the kites reached three or four thousand feet
随着这轻薄的东西向上飞升，这些人慢慢放出细绳，直到风筝飞到三四千英尺高。