Flimsy

我國最強購物網應有盡有，而且有些貨物的價格平得驚人。看到貨品如此便宜，定當自動調低期望，例如布料應該會較輕薄（flimsier）、手工較粗糙等，有時會喜出望外，覺得「執到寶」！

許多形容詞都有具體（concrete）和抽象（abstract）意義，抽象意義由具體意義引伸出來。Flimsy具體指「很薄的」，薄得容易破爛，帶貶義，是sturdy（結實的）的反義詞。例句：It's too expensive for such a flimsy blanket.（這麼單薄的毛氈，實在太貴了。）The table was too flimsy to support his weight.（那桌子不太堅固，不足以支撑他的體重。）

Flimsy可以引伸指論點、藉口等「薄弱」，即是「站不住腳的、不足信的」。例句：You don't need to worry. The evidence against you is very flimsy.（你不用擔心，對你不利的證據非常薄弱。）When he asked why she was late home last night, his daughter only gave him some flimsy excuse about a traffic jam.（他問女兒為甚麽遲到時，她給了個很不足信的藉口，說塞車了。）

（本欄逢周一、三、五刊登）