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fee·ble
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比较级:feebler或more feeble
最高级:feeblest或most feeble
feebly (adv.), feebleness (n.)
词根:feeble
adj.feebleminded 低能的;意志薄弱的;精神薄弱的
adv.feebly 无力地;微弱地;柔弱地
n.feebleness 微弱;虚弱
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
fainta.虚弱的,眩晕的,指人在特定场合感觉到的虚弱,通常不是天生体质上的虚弱而是由于某种原因造成的暂时的情况。
fragilea.脆弱的,易碎的,指物体容易打碎,或人体质虚弱、容易受伤害。
That dish is fragile, so be careful.那个盘子容易碎,所以千万小心。
weaka.这组词中应用范围最广的一个,既可以指身体虚弱的,无力的,也可引申为在力量、权力、技能、影响等方面有欠缺或软弱。
The patient is losing blood and becoming weak.病人在失血,身体开始虚弱下去。
feeblea.虚弱的,无力的,常用来形容人的声音或行为。
The elderly lady has become feeble and unable to care herself.这个老太太已经很虚弱了,无法照顾她自己。
以上来源于网络
这组词都有“虚弱的,乏力的”的意思,其区别是:
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。
weak普通用词,指缺乏应有的力量,可用于身体、意志或精神。
frail多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
feeble指身体衰弱无力,精力几乎耗尽,含令人怜悯的意味。
以上来源于网络
12世纪晚期,“缺乏力量或活力”(身体、道德或智力),来自古法语 feble “虚弱的,无力的”(12世纪,现代法语 faible),是拉丁语 flebilis “可悲的”的一个变音,字面意思是“应该哭泣的”,来自 flere “哭泣,哭泣,流泪,哀悼”(来自 PIE *bhle- “嚎叫”; 参见 bleat(v.))。在古法语中,第一个 -l- 被遗失了。名词“虚弱的人”记录于14世纪中期。
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Middle English feble, from Anglo-French, from Latin flebilis lamentable, wretched, from flēre to weep — more at bleat
The first known use of feeble was in the 12th century
feet
feel1 of 2verb
to sense through direct contactespecially: touch entry 1 sense 1
to examine or test by touching : handle
experience entry 2
to suffer from
to discover by trying carefully—often used with out
to be aware of
feel trouble brewing
to be conscious of a physical or mental state feel sick
feel happy
believe sense 5, think
to search for something with the fingers
to seem especially to the touch
feels rough
to have sympathy or pity
I feel for you
feel2 of 2noun
the sense of touch
sensation sense 1c, feeling
the quality of a thing as indicated through touch
intuitive knowledge or ability
a feel for languages
feeling1 of 2noun
a sense by which the hardness or softness, hotness or coldness, or heaviness or lightness of things is found outespecially: touch entry 2 sense 3
a sensation experienced through this sense
a state of mind
a feeling of loneliness
plural general emotional condition : sensibilities
hurt their feelings
an opinion or belief often when not based on evidence
a feeling that it will rain
sympathy sense 3
feel sense 4
feeling2 of 2adjective
sensitive sense 2
feel1 of 2verb
to sense through direct contactespecially: touch entry 1 sense 1
to examine or test by touching : handle
experience entry 2
to suffer from
to discover by trying carefully—often used with out
to be aware of
feel trouble brewing
to be conscious of a physical or mental state feel sick
feel happy
believe sense 5, think
to search for something with the fingers
to seem especially to the touch
feels rough
to have sympathy or pity
I feel for you
feel2 of 2noun
the sense of touch
sensation sense 1c, feeling
the quality of a thing as indicated through touch
intuitive knowledge or ability
a feel for languages
feed1 of 2verb
to give food to
to give as food
eat sense 1
prey entry 2 sense 1a—used with on, upon, or off
feeds on insects
to supply with something necessary
to supply (material to be operated on) to a machine
to nourish or become nourished as if by food
to supply for use
to supply (a signal) to an electronic circuit or to a transmitter for broadcast
feed2 of 2noun
meal entry 1especially: a large meal
food for livestock
a mechanism by which feeding is carried out
a signal fed to a transmitter
an Internet service in which updates from electronic information sources (as blogs or social media accounts) are presented in a continuous streamalso: the information presented by such a service
feebleadjective
lacking in strength or endurance
not forceful or loud a feeble attempt
a feeble cry
1 Off to the east was a football game, and from the same direction came the feeble sound of a hymn being sung in unison, then fading.
2 The vegetation, feeble as it was, died, and the earth cracked open.
3 Suddenly I began to scream, getting up in the darkness and plunging wildly about, bumping against walls, scattering coal, and in my anger extinguishing my feeble light.
4 Next to America, all this looks pretty feeble.
步美国后尘, 其实是金玉其外,败絮其中.
5 When Ira was nearing six, my mother was afflicted with consumption, and was soon so feeble that she could not rise from her bed.
6 As he left the cornfield, Nathan looked at the feeble fence.
7 His voice had grown feeble, as if he were losing hope.
8 An old or sick person is often feeble.
老人或病人往往很虚弱.
9 After a few feeble attempts to free themselves, the Ridgefolk crumpled to the floor, paralyzed.
10 What feeble objection of mine could carry the weight of ten pounds of currency?
11 “What say”—Dad’s jolliness was forced and feeble—“we get ourselves that bacon sandwich?”
12 Behind them came the feeble old Committee member and the executioner, Macnair.
13 He could not even explain satisfactorily why he had decided against it: Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.
14 While these researchers await the faint signals of feeble particles, other dark matter ideas remain in play.
15 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!
16 I fear that Therese’s mind is made feeble by her suffering.
17 But John was staring at the door that held back the music; towards which, with an insistence at once furious and feeble, his hands were still outstretched.
18 She holds her hands to the feeble flame that burns on one end of a charred log.
19 He did not remember his sister at all, except as a tiny, feeble baby, always silent, with large, watchful eyes.
20 Granny was too feeble to walk across the block three times a day, especially during heavy weather, so May brought food to her in the barracks.
1 不充分
bad weak inadequate deficient unsatisfactory sketchy skimpy incommensurate jimp short slack ill inadequacy
3 意志薄弱的
5 有气无力的
6 软弱的
weakly wet wormy weak pale lymphatic frail infirm spineless weak-kneed gutless chinless soft limp flabby weedy languid spastic Dicky flaccid wimpish faint slack mushy doughy dickey chickenhearted sackless milk-toast nicey-nice mild tender delicate milky floppy powerless meek effete forceless limpsy
7 虚弱
marantic weak tender wan delicate pale faint fragile shaky weakly impotent puny rickety infirm valetudinarian white-livered impuissant impotently frailly weakliness weakness fragility impotence infirmity frailty prostration enervation frailness impuissance frail sickly unsound anaemic effete dicky trick enfeebled faintly wanly faintness debility prostrate weaken sap debilitate low invalid piping gone helpless washy delicacy asthenia marasmus invalidism limp-wristed rundown wobbly banal decrepit weedy bloodless peaky namby-pamby asthenic emaciate enfeeble unhealthy watery rubbery wasting etiolated drag down groggy chip away crazy sick crank pastel rotten powerless cranky shaken adynamic adynamia poverty weakling inanition slack rot debile imbecile pimping puling rackety limpsy wankle silly astheny imbecility wear craze impoverish knock the stuffing out of
9 微弱
cool thin token pale faint shadowy thready faintly feebly tenuously weak weakly little small low narrow shallow vague frail tenuous thinly wanly shallowness feebleness tenuousness remote mild wan lunar subaqueous piano slender watery light slim sickly puny faintish tenuity cold fragile shoestring wafer-thin scrannel
10 虚弱的
marantic weak tender wan delicate pale faint fragile shaky weakly impotent puny rickety infirm valetudinarian white-livered impuissant frail sickly unsound anaemic effete dicky wet woozy peculiar wasted potty languid bloodless emaciated etiolated trick enfeebled low invalid piping gone helpless washy limp-wristed rundown wobbly prostrate banal decrepit weedy peaky namby-pamby asthenic unhealthy watery rubbery wasting groggy crazy sick crank pastel rotten powerless cranky shaken adynamic weakling debile imbecile pimping puling rackety limpsy wankle silly
11 低能的
imbecile simple-minded gaga feeble-minded weak-minded featherbrained weak-headed lunchie lunch chuckle wanting half-baked low-energy half-assed subhuman fatuous subnormal dullish simpleminded feebleminded
13 衰弱
marantic awane low floppy faded worn-out infirm flaccid flagging broken-down effete enfeebled unstrung seely puling weakish asthenic down infirmly infirmness exinanition collapse breakdown attenuation debility asthenia enervation enfeeblement languishment lose break waste weaken wilt wane lower sink wither prostrate debilitate enervate enfeeble unstring devitalize degenerate infirmity flag fade waste away rundown niminy-piminy weakness decay marasmus pine emaciate droop fade away take it out of broken frailty decline crumble lapse ebb falter wear down
14 不佳的
15 微弱的
cool thin token pale faint shadowy thready weak puny slender small mild WAN dim tenuous soppy subaqueous little low narrow shallow vague frail obscure piping shoestring on a shoestring remote wan lunar watery light slim sickly faintish piano cold fragile wafer-thin scrannel
19 无益的
unprofitable profitless futile gainless unnecessary useless idle null unavailable worthless sterile barren ineffectual feckless unfruitful purposeless unavailing otiose bootless fribble piffling inutile infructuous
20 无效的
diriment non-effective void useless idle invalid unavailable inefficient incompetent futile ineffectual feckless unavailing nugatory frustrated inactive inoperative null and void null pathetic anaemic no good any much good bad dead wan nude ineffective sterile imperfect irritant toothless noneffective unprevailing
21 干巴巴
22 有气无力
24 无力的
thin weak faint limp sickly washy nerveless droopy languid pallid subaqueous impuissant dead empty invalid vain powerless meager impotent inefficacious rickety flabby emasculate enervate pathetic etiolated flaccid anaemic enfeebled force tooth unable pointless enervated milk-and-water asthenic soft pale helpless infirm weakling paralytic insubstantial forceless
26 懦弱的
27 无效力的
28 无效
diriment non-effective void useless idle invalid unavailable inefficient incompetent futile ineffectual feckless unavailing nugatory zero nullity avoid negative destroy defeat frustrate undo negate neutralize torpedo deactivate extinguish vacate invalidate nullify vitiate stultify overturn frustrated inactive inoperative invalidity disable revoke null and void null pathetic anaemic badly futility negation emasculate no good any much good bad dead wan nude ineffective sterile imperfect irritant toothless noneffective unprevailing nonvalidity vitiosity avoidance annihilation sterility nullification defeasance irritancy blank upset flaw erase mock debug irritate hamstring sterilize annihilate disannul bringto naught not so hot to no avail
29 低能
imbecile simple-minded gaga feeble-minded weak-minded featherbrained weakness imbecility weak-headed lunchie lunch chuckle wanting half-baked low-energy half-assed subhuman fatuous subnormal dullish simpleminded feebleminded moronity idiot fatuity moronism be not the full quid
30 无益
unprofitable profitless unproductively unprofitably futile futility gainless unnecessary useless idle null unavailable worthless sterile barren ineffectual feckless unfruitful purposeless unavailing otiose bootless fribble piffling inutile infructuous idly uselessly vanity disbenefit not much chop to no avail
34 不清楚的
fuzzy muzzy woolly unclear dim vague cloudy hazy incoherent indistinct unapparent neutral obscure faint unreadable nebulous equivocal
36 乏力的
38 衰弱的
marantic awane low floppy faded worn-out infirm flaccid flagging broken-down effete enfeebled unstrung seely puling weakish asthenic degenerate rundown anaemic etiolated depauperate niminy-piminy broken
39 不清楚
neutral unclear obscure faint vague fuzzy woolly unreadable nebulous indistinct equivocal unapparent blear
41 软弱
weak flabby flaccid chinless wimpish weakly weakness soft faint slack lymphatic mushy doughy dickey chickenhearted sackless evirate milk-toast nicey-nice wet mild tender delicate pale milky limp floppy powerless meek spineless effete weak-kneed forceless limpsy soften emasculate unbrace
43 无力
thin weak faint limp unequal sickly washy nerveless weakly inability enfeeble dead empty invalid vain powerless meager impotent languid inefficacious impotence asthenia inanition incapacitate cut the claws of rickety flabby emasculate enervate impuissant disability paralyse pathetic etiolated flaccid anaemic enfeebled can't be fagged force tooth unable pointless enervated milk-and-water slack feebly adynamia inertia palsy tenuity anergy nihility impuissance asthenic soft pale helpless infirm weakling paralytic insubstantial forceless astheny hyposthenia weakness paralysis incapacity extinguish dehydrate paralyze