英:[ˌɪmbə'sɪlətɪ]
美:[ˌɪmbə'sɪlətɪ]
英:[ˌɪmbə'sɪlətɪ]
美:[ˌɪmbə'sɪlətɪ]
n.
愚笨
低能
弱智
愚蠢行为
im·be·cil·i·ty
Im b sI l ti
复数:imbecilities
词根:imbecile
adj.imbecile 低能的;愚笨的;虚弱的
n.imbecile 低能者;愚蠢的人
noun
the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishnessalso: futility
… it seemed a very odd business, filled with illusions and delusions, at times noble to the point of imbecility and at other times base to the point of amorality.—Colleen McCullough
something that is foolish or nonsensical
… his satire on the imbecilities and greed of politicians …—Nicholas Von Hoffman
dated, now offensive; see usage paragraph below the condition of being affected with moderate intellectual disability
15世纪早期, imbecilite,“身体虚弱,无力(身体部位),阳痿”,源自古法语 imbécillité,直接源自拉丁语 imbecillitatem(主格 imbecillitas),“虚弱,无力,无助”,源自 imbecillus “虚弱,无力”,起源不明(参见 imbecile)。在拉丁语中,“心智虚弱”(与身体相对)是一个次要的意义,但在17世纪之前在英语中没有被证实。
〔痴〕愚,愚痴:智力中度或重度迟钝
痴愚
Middle English imbecillite "weakness of a body part, infirmity," borrowed from Middle French and Latin; Middle French imbecillité "weakness, feebleness, intellectual deficiency," borrowed from Latin imbēcillitāt-, imbēcillitās "physical or intellectual weakness," from imbēcillus "physically weak, feeble" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at imbecile >entry 2
The first known use of imbecility was in 1624
imitateverb
to follow as a pattern, model, or example
to be or appear similar to
to copy exactly
imitableadjective
able to be imitated or worth imitating
imbueverb
to spread through or influence deeply as if by dyeing
imbued with a sense of loyalty
to tinge or dye deeply
endow sense 2
the lighting imbues the room with warmth
imbibeverb
to receive into the mind and retain
imbibe knowledge
drink entry 1 sense 1a
absorb sense 1
imbibeverb
to receive into the mind and retain
imbibe knowledge
drink entry 1 sense 1a
absorb sense 1
embedverb
to enclose in or as if in a surrounding mass : set solidly in or as if in a bed
embed a post in concrete
to prepare (material for use under a microscope) for cutting by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance (as paraffin)
embedverb
to enclose in or as if in a surrounding mass : set solidly in or as if in a bed
embed a post in concrete
to prepare (material for use under a microscope) for cutting by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance (as paraffin)
imbed
imbecilitynoun
complete foolishness
something very foolish
1 “As someone said, they seem to have been picked for their IQ: that’s to say their quotient of imbecility, inability, idiocy, incompetence, ineptitude or impiety.”
2 I am only a public entertainer who has understood the times and has exploited as best he could the imbecility, the vanity and the greed of his contemporaries.
3 The attorney general bloviates, the DHS secretary parades her moral imbecility and the president deflects and denies.
4 It was a two-year process and somewhat complicated, and I watched him never get angry at anyone, never write 5,000-word emails lambasting the stupidity and imbecility of everyone.
5 It was Donald Trump who first raised the issue of Hawkeye State imbecility, in a mocking reference to a crush that Iowans had on Ben Carson last fall.
6 It is true that there is occasionally a real “blockhead” among children, but such cases are quite as rare as imbecility and physical deformity.
7 He derided the surrealists as' leaders of modernistic imbecility '.
他嘲笑超现实主义画家是“现代主义低能”的领导者。
8 This GOP lawmaker gets the booby prize for moral imbecility.
9 Her impatience when she sometimes asked me to go on reading seemed to come from the hope that all this imbecility would eventually play itself out.
当她要我继续朗读下去的时候,她就显得很不耐烦,并且希望这一切愚蠢的行为最终会消失殆尽的。
10 Over the course of the 1930s and 40s, liberals – John Maynard Keynes among them – who had previously regarded departures from free trade as “an imbecility and an outrage” began to lose their religion.
11 He describes these instructors with pimples popping from their skins, fangs sprouting in their mouths, their tongues hanging out like those of dogs, their eyes crossed in permanent, girl-inspired imbecility.
12 Rio Bravo suffers from a similar approach to polite imbecility.
13 “He mangles songs; his voice is flat; and his face is the epitome of pouting imbecility,” wrote a Post reader.
14 “If the motivation is immaturity and teenage imbecility, there ought to be alternatives available in all 50 states.”
15 Whether one is delighted that one's own unfashionable thoughts have been voiced, or thrilled at the opportunity to rehearse one's own rectitude by pouring scorn on someone else's imbecility, controversy services a human need.
16 And their withdrawal at this point would be an act of strategic imbecility.
17 Optimism is not a sign of imbecility in such a situation, it's a necessity.
18 These collective failures demonstrated the “imbecility” of the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation.
19 Reduce it to imbecility in the name of prettiness?
20 The new show maintains the imbecility of the original, though some episodes, alas, have more developed plots.
1 愚蠢言行
2 无能
no-account useless ineffective inefficient helpless hopeless powerless inept vagabond brain-dead footless unaccomplished impuissant disability inability paralysis inefficiency impuissance
3 愚笨
fat-brained hebetate fat-witted beef-witted mental wet pudding clumsy headless imbecile witless daffy empty-headed feather-brained bullet-headed thickness folly stupidity ineptitude niaiserie pudding headed
4 愚蠢
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded stockishly stupidly foolishly unwisely senselessly idiotically fatuously inanely sillily gawkily babyism stockishness meshugaas moronity folly stupidity absurdity silliness ineptitude dumbo inanity dumbness unwisdom fatuity dulness jackassery moronism boobery wild dense insane ludicrous senseless daft preposterous asinine barmy puerile dozy empty-headed hare-brained apish feather-brained crack-brained vacuity puerility out of senses not know arse from elbow crazy dim potty obtuse kooky loopy vapid duff daffy boneheaded dumb-ass half-witted fat-headed dimly mindlessly moronically thickness foolishness idiocy dimness senselessness denseness obtuseness stupidness coocoo piss-ass doiled wet vain dope clueless nutty inert cranky loon zany nitty loony vagabond drippy Dotty harebrained cockeyed foppish Boeotian goosey simpleminded softheaded spoony goaty muddleheaded hairbrained unwitty reasonless clotty clottish fondly madly narreshkeit cock ridicule fondness gammon doofus div daffiness desipience stumer a hole in the head
5 低能
feeble imbecile simple-minded gaga feeble-minded weak-minded featherbrained weakness weak-headed soft moron wanting subnormal scatty bughouse weakling moronism thick brained lunchie lunch chuckle half-baked low-energy half-assed subhuman fatuous dullish simpleminded feebleminded moronity idiot fatuity be not the full quid
6 愚蠢的行为、言语等
7 虚弱
asthenic debile low weak tender delicate fragile gone shaky frail feeble cranky weakly impotent rickety infirm imbecile limp-wristed pimping valetudinarian puling rackety impuissant limpsy wankle silly astheny poverty delicacy impotence infirmity frailty asthenia inanition impuissance wear craze debilitate impoverish knock the stuffing out of
9 智障