feeble[fi:bl]
汉语翻译
a. 微弱的, 衰弱的, 无效的
【医】 无力的, 衰弱的
词型变化
副词:feebly 形容词比较级:feebler 最高级:feeblest 名词:feebleness
词意辨析
weak, feeble, frail, fragile这些形容词均有“虚弱的,乏力的”之意。
weak: 普通用词,指缺乏应有的力量,可用于身体、意志或精神。
feeble: 指身体衰弱无力,精力几乎耗尽,含令人怜悯的意味。
frail: 多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
fragile: 可与frail换用,但语气强,侧重脆弱,指人容易生病,指物容易破碎。
英语解释
形容词 feeble:
- pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness同义词:lame
- lacking strength or vigor同义词:faint
- lacking physical strength or vitality同义词:decrepit, debile, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
- lacking strength- Nathaniel Hawthorne同义词:nerveless
例句
- His feeble excuses soon tailed off (into silence).他的藉口站不住脚,很快就没词儿了(不作声了).
- This was his fatal defect; he was of feeble will.这是他致命的弱点,他意志薄弱。
- Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky.不稳的,虚弱的; 摇晃的
- He bleated out a feeble excuse.他以微弱的声音作无力的辩解。
- A sick person is often feeble.病人常常虚弱无力。
- A feeble attempt is liable to fail.愚蠢的尝试多半是要失败的。
详细解释
fee.ble
adj.(形容词)fee.bler,fee.blest
Lacking strength; weak.缺乏力量的;软弱的Indicating weakness.表现软弱的Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; inadequate.See Synonyms at weak 缺乏活力、力量或效力的;不充足的参见 weak
来源:Middle English feble 中古英语 feble from Old French 源自 古法语 from Latin flôbilis [lamentable] 源自 拉丁语 flôbilis [不幸的,可悲的,令人惋惜的] from flôre [to weep] 源自 flôre [哭泣]
【引伸】
fee.bleness
n.(名词)fee.bly
adv.(副词)