levity

levity

英 ['levɪtɪ]
　　美 ['lɛvəti]

n. 多變；輕浮；輕率；不穩定

中文詞源：

levity 輕浮，輕佻

來自PIE*legwh,輕的，可舉起的，詞源同light,levitate.引申詞義輕浮，輕佻。

例句：

1. His remarks injected a note of levity into the proceedings.
他的話將一絲輕率帶入瞭議事過程中.

2. Your levity is unseemly at this time.
在這種場合,你的輕率舉動是不得體的.

3. At the time, Arnold had disapproved of such levity.
那時候的阿諾德對這種輕浮行為很看不慣。

4. It was cruel levity in you to do that.
那本是你狠心輕薄的行為.

5. On this latter point he felt almost certain, knowing her freedom from levity of character.
這後一點他簡直確信不疑, 因為他瞭解她的性格絕不是輕浮的.