feeble

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基本釋義

adj.
虛弱的; 微弱的; 軟弱的; 牽強(qiáng)的

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

a feeble attempt to explain

無力的試圖解釋

牛津詞典

Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go.

別那么軟弱了!告訴她你不想去。

牛津詞典

a feeble old man

衰弱的老人

牛津詞典

The heartbeat was feeble and irregular.

心搏無力,心律不齊。

牛津詞典

a feeble argument/excuse/joke

無力的證據(jù);站不住腳的借口;干巴巴的笑話

牛津詞典

He told them he was old and feeble and was not able to walk so far...

他告訴他們,他年老體弱,不能走那么遠(yuǎn)。

the feeble light of a tin lamp.

錫燈微弱的光線

He said that the Government had been feeble.

他說政府很懦弱。

...some rather feeble traditionalists.

一些相當(dāng)軟弱的傳統(tǒng)主義者

This is a particularly feeble argument.

這個(gè)論點(diǎn)尤其站不住腳。

I was surprised by how old and feeble he had become.

他變得這樣老態(tài)龍鐘,使我大吃一驚.

辭典例句

The concept of strangeness constitutes more than a feeble attempt.

奇異數(shù)這個(gè)概念不只是一種巧妙的嘗試.

辭典例句

Next to America, all this looks pretty feeble.

步美國后塵, 其實(shí)是金玉其外,敗絮其中.

期刊摘選

For a long time she refused to see anyone, protesting her feeble health.

她很長時(shí)間拒絕見人, 借口身體欠佳.

辭典例句

Grandmother has been getting feeble lately.

近來祖母愈益衰弱了.

期刊摘選

The reactionaries are fierce in appearance but feeble in reality.

反動派看起來很強(qiáng)大,實(shí)際上十分虛弱.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

There was a feeble lamp at no great distance.

在不遠(yuǎn)的去處有一個(gè)微弱的燈光.

辭典例句

She made a feeble effort to get to school on time.

她努力想按時(shí)趕到學(xué)校,但未成功.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

偉大的靈魂擁有意志, 而軟弱的靈魂只有愿望.

期刊摘選

Renewing then my courage, and gathering my feeble remains of strength, I pushed on.

于是我再次鼓起勇氣, 聚起我剩下的一點(diǎn)微弱的力量, 繼續(xù)往前走.

辭典例句

An old or sick person is often feeble.

老人或病人往往很虛弱.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Ivan scores a feeble one.

伊凡得了一個(gè)糟糕的分?jǐn)?shù).

期刊摘選

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

賽35:3你們要使軟弱的手堅(jiān)壯、無力的膝穩(wěn)固.

期刊摘選

There at began a feeble scratching outside.

接著,外面開始了一個(gè)輕微的刮擦聲.

期刊摘選

The feeble applause disheartened us.

微弱的掌聲叫我們泄氣.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

你們要使軟弱的手堅(jiān)壯, 無力的膝穩(wěn)固.

期刊摘選

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness;

    "a feeble excuse"

    "a lame argument"

  • 2. lacking strength or vigor;

    "damning with faint praise"

    "faint resistance"

    "feeble efforts"

    "a feeble voice"

  • 3. lacking physical strength or vitality;

    "a feeble old woman"

    "her body looked sapless"

  • 4. lacking strength;

    "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

同義詞辨析

weak, feeble, frail, fragile

這些形容詞均有"虛弱的,乏力的"之意。

  • weak: 普通用詞,指缺乏應(yīng)有的力量,可用于身體、意志或精神。
  • feeble: 指身體衰弱無力,精力幾乎耗盡,含令人憐憫的意味。
  • frail: 多指因經(jīng)常生病而身體纖弱。
  • fragile可與frail換用,但語氣強(qiáng),側(cè)重脆弱,指人容易生病,指物容易破碎。

同義詞

adj.虛弱的,衰弱的

frailpowerlessweak

反義詞

adj.虛弱的;微弱的

strongintensetough

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