1. There is, to date, only the flimsiest of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. 迄今为止，只存在最薄弱的公共资助医疗和养老金系统，这加强了人们在工作时储蓄的动机。
2. In a land swept by typhoons and shaken by earthquakes, how have Japan's tallest and seemingly flimsiest old buildings—500 or so wooden pagodas—remained standing for centuries? 在这片被台风席卷、被地震撼动的土地上，日本最高、看似最脆弱的老建筑——约500座木制宝塔——是如何屹立了几个世纪的？
3. All his friends and relatives declined with the flimsiest of excuses. 他的所有朋友和亲人都用最没有说服力的借口拒绝了他。
4. But beneath the disinfectant smell, the unmistakable odor of fish lingered as the flimsiest calling card of a former tenant. 但是，消毒剂的味道下，难以掩盖的鱼腥味宣告着前租户的身份。
5. Miss Moneypenny: That's the flimsiest excuse you've ever given me. Oh, well, some girls have all the luck. Who is she, James? 彭妮：这是你给过我的最浅薄的理由。那幺好吧，一些女孩走运了。她是谁，詹姆斯？
