英语单词

feeble是什么意思

feeble

英['fiːb(ə)l] |美['fibl]
    adj.虚弱的,衰弱的;无效的,无意的;缺乏决心的,缺乏活力的
日语:弱々しい 法语:faible 德语:schwach 韩语:희미한 俄语:débil

牛津词典

adj.

  1. 虚弱的;衰弱的
    very weak
    1. a feeble old man
      衰弱的老人
    2. The heartbeat was feeble and irregular.
      心搏无力,心律不齐。
  2. 无效的;缺乏决心的;无力的
    not effective; not showing determination or energy
    1. a feeble argument/excuse/joke
      无力的证据;站不住脚的借口;干巴巴的笑话
    2. a feeble attempt to explain
      无力的试图解释
    3. Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go.
      别那么软弱了!告诉她你不想去。


词形变化

第三人称单数:feebles 名词复数形式:feebles



双语例句

  1. He told them he was old and feeble and was not able to walk so far
    他告诉他们,他年老体弱,不能走那么远。
  2. He said that the Government had been feeble.
    他说政府很懦弱。
  3. This is a particularly feeble argument.
    这个论点尤其站不住脚。
  4. The Observer found the play 'a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes'
    《观察家报》认为这部剧“是大家熟悉的米勒式主题的拙劣翻版”。
  5. He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free
    他无力地耸耸肩,扭动身体想要挣脱。
  6. The reactionaries are fierce in appearance but feeble in reality.
    反动派看起来很强大,实际上十分虚弱。
  7. She replied in but a feeble voice.
    她仅能以微弱的声音回答。
  8. The soil, poor and alkaline, produced feeble crops.
    在贫瘠的碱性土壤里庄稼长得不壮。
  9. She uttered a feeble cry.
    她轻轻叫了一声。
  10. That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined.
    你们内中看上去最孱弱和最惶惑的,正是最强劲和最坚执的。
  11. All at once she began to sing in a voice as feeble as a breath.
    忽然,她唱了起来,歌声微弱,就象嘘气一样。
  12. How feeble and pale he looked, amid all his triumph!
    他在大获全胜之际,看起来是多么虚弱和苍白啊!
  13. That's a pretty feeble excuse for not calling your mother.
    那是一个相当拙劣的借口,不能作为不给你母亲打电话的理由。
  14. The opposition to the plan has been rather feeble.
    对这个计划的反对相当软弱无力。
  15. Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go.
    别那么软弱了!告诉她你不想去。
  16. You're still young, but I, emotionally, am already old and feeble.
    你还年轻,而我在心情上已经衰老了。
  17. Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.
    人只不过是一根苇草,是自然界最脆弱的东西;但他是一根能思想的苇草。
  18. He made a feeble attempt to start a conversation with me.
    他徒劳是想和我交谈。
  19. It's because I was very soft and feeble, and in addition I was a poor loser.
    因为我很软弱,而且我是不能输的。
  20. His feeble voice indicates that he is growing old.
    他衰弱的声音表明他在逐渐衰老。
  21. In comparison of English and Chinese, their study of parallel structure is feeble and difficult.
    在英汉语对比研究中,并列结构的研究既是个薄弱环节,又是个难点。
  22. The rich world does not even have this feeble justification for agricultural protectionism.
    富裕世界的农业保护主义却连这种无力的理由都没有。
  23. He is a man with a feeble personality.
    他是个个性软弱的人。
  24. His pulse was very feeble.
    他的脉搏十分微弱。
  25. The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
    衰弱虚弱或无力的状态;体弱。
  26. It may have been decisive but the decision was a feeble one.
    行动或许是果断的,但作出的却是一个软弱的决定。
  27. I felt feeble when I was ill.
    我生病的时候感到很虚弱。
  28. This was his fatal defect; he was of feeble will.
    这是他致命的弱点,他意志薄弱。
  29. Too late, the feeble body left no strength for him to run.
    迟了,在他那衰老的身体里,已再没有了力量。
  30. My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.
    我因禁食,膝骨软弱;我身上的肉也渐渐瘦了。


语源

Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilislamentable, from flereweep


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