As remnants expand and age they become more tenuous.

随着残余的膨胀力和年岁的增长，它们变得更加脆弱。

And since then, the two sides have operated under a tenuous cease-fire.

从那以后，双方一直在一个脆弱的停火协议下运作。

Although most emission nebulae look substantial, they're actually incredibly tenuous.

虽然大多数射星云看起来很可观，但它们实际上非常稀薄。

The central government holds little influence beyond the capital Tripoli, making security precautions tenuous.

中央政府在首都的黎波里之外的影响力甚微，这样安全防范非常虚弱。

They dubbed it nebulium, but eventually figured out is was just extremely tenuous oxygen.

他们将其命名为“星云”，但最它只是极其稀薄的氧气。

But just the prospect that it could speaks to the tenuous nature of the diplomacy.

但仅仅是这一前景就说明了外交的脆弱本质。

Officials have now said the government's grip on the western province of Anbar is tenuous.

官方在称政府对西部省安巴尔的控制很虚弱。

Most had only tenuous links to the movement, such as having an account at a Gulenist bank.

大多数人与葛兰运动只有微弱的联系，比如说在一家葛兰派的银行有账户。

Thankfully, the tenuous peace is not broken before they reach the Sich— the center of Cossack military life.

谢天谢地，这种脆弱的和平在他们到达西克——哥萨克军队生活的中心区——之前并没有被破坏。

Refugees in the top host countries including Uganda, Pakistan and Turkey live in harsh conditions and their status is tenuous.

包括乌干达、巴基斯坦和土耳其在内的主要收容国的难民生活条件恶劣，他们的地位十分脆弱。

It depends on luck so tenuous, that the difference between good and bad may come down to a few unseen millimeters.

运气是如此的脆弱，以至于好与坏的区别，可能只在看不见的几毫米之间。

Another area is basically for remote, isolated communities that have a very fragile and tenuous link to the main power grid.

另一个地区基本上是有着与主电网非常脆弱的联系的偏远、孤立的社区。

My own relations with Congress began on a remote and tenuous basis when, long ago, a member of the Senate appointed me to West Point.

我自己刚开始时与国会之间的关系便相当疏远和脆弱，当时，很久以前了，某个国会成员任命我去西点军校。

Japan's later aggression helps explain the other surprise: that in many ways the links between Asian thinkers look more tenuous now than they did a century ago.

从很多方面看来，在亚洲思想家间联系比千年前的思想家们的联络都苍白无力。

The parallel between a single individual's success and the bootstrap effort of the mass of ghetto youth is and remains too tenuous to comport with reality.

个人的成就与广大黑人区青年依靠自己的努力取得成功之间的可比性极其微小，很不实。

The fate of Republican lawmakers in the East Coast suburbs could offer an early harbinger on election night of whether the party can maintain even a tenuous grip on the House.

东海岸郊区共和党议员选举之夜的命运能够为共和党人是否能够哪怕以极小的优势掌控下议院提供一个早期的预兆。

By 2016, the name's status in the top 100 names for boys was tenuous at best, and still trending downhill despite the best efforts of stars like Brandon Routh and Brandon Flowers.

到2016年，这个名字在前100名男孩名字中的地位很不显眼，而且排名仍在下滑，尽管布兰登·劳斯(Brandon Routh)和布兰登·弗劳尔斯(Brandon Flowers)等明星尽了最大的最大努力，但仍在走下坡路。

Sisterton is hell enough. Davos feared the worst. The Three Sisters were fickle bitches, loyal only to themselves. Supposedly they were sworn to the Arryns of the Vale, but the Eyrie's grasp upon the islands was tenuous at best.

姐妹屯跟地狱也差不了多少。戴佛斯惴惴不安。三姐妹群岛向来反复无常，只为自己打算，理论上受谷地的艾林家族管辖，但鹰巢城根本指挥不动他们。