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feeble

/fee-buhl/US // ˈfi bəl //UK // (ˈfiːbəl) //

软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    fee·bler, fee·blest.

    • : physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
    • : weak intellectually or morally: a feeble mind.
    • : lacking in volume, loudness, brightness, distinctness, etc.: a feeble voice; feeble light.
    • : lacking in force, strength, or effectiveness: feeble resistance; feeble arguments.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not strong; ineffective
Synonyms
ailing患病的,患病,生病的,生病decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的flabby软弱无力,软绵绵的,软弱,软弱的fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的inefficient效率低下,效率不高,效率低,低效率infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱lame跛脚,蹩脚的,跛脚的,瘸腿的paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风sickly恹恹的,多病的,病态的,恹恹欲睡tame驯服,驯服的,驯化,驯养weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱weakened被削弱的,削弱了,弱化了,弱化aged老龄,年老的,老龄化,年迈的chicken鸡肉,鸡类,鸡只,鸡debilitated衰弱的,衰弱,虚弱的,衰弱的人delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致doddering老态龙钟,老态龙钟的,老迈的,老耄dopey笨手笨脚,傻子,笨蛋,笨拙effete圆滑,圆滑的,圆润,高效的enervated疲惫不堪,枯萎的,疲惫不堪的,枯萎enfeebled衰弱的,衰弱,衰败的,衰竭的etiolated枯萎的,蜕变,蜕变的,蜕皮的exhausted疲惫不堪,疲惫不堪的,筋疲力尽,精疲力竭failing失败,失败的,失效,失误faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的gentle温文尔雅,温柔,温和,温柔的helpless无能为力,无助的,束手无策,无能为力的impotent无能为力,无能,无能的人,无能的inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的indecisive优柔寡断,犹豫不决,踌躇不决,摇摆不定ineffectual不有效,不有效的,无效果,不有效用insubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性insufficient不够,不足,不充分,不够充分languid慵懒的,慵懒,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味low低,低的,低位,低级out of gas没油了,没气了,没汽油了,没气poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷powerless无能为力,无力,无权,无权无势sapless无汁液,无汁的,无汁,无汁无味slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微strengthless无力,没有力量,无力感,无力的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细unconvincing没有说服力的,难以令人信服,没有说服力,难以令人信服的vitiated废弃的,无效的,无效,污损的weakly弱弱地,微弱地,微弱的,微弱wimpy懦弱的,懦弱,懦弱的人,软弱无力woozy昏昏沉沉,晕头转向,昏昏沉沉的,晕晕乎乎zero零,零度,零点,零的

Examples

  • That’s largely due to the feeble illumination of the sun there, which amounts to less than 4 percent of the energy per square meter that hits Earth’s atmosphere.

  • These justifications, which are actually pretty feeble from an engineering standpoint, are fed into our brains from that big marketing program.

  • Our official high temperature stood late Saturday at 59 feeble degrees.

  • From just 152 cases on April 1, it’s now clocking more than 8,000 cases a day, straining its feeble healthcare infrastructure.

  • Anaxagoras fully agreed that the senses could be misleading, calling them “feeble” and unable “to distinguish what is true.”

  • That appears, at best, to be feeble, at worst to have atrophied altogether.

  • However, Plato and Aristotle each called for the exposure of feeble infants.

  • Our feeble attempts to push back the Grim Reaper only sharpen its cruel bite, not dull it.

  • The best line of his speech: “Words seem so futile, so feeble.”

  • There were electric lamps in the ceiling, but the light was feeble and the power intermittent.

  • This was somewhat tiresome; and, after a rather feeble attempt at a third laugh, Davy said, "I don't feel like it any more."

  • The General in command of the station was a feeble old man, suffering from senile decay.

  • The gnarled hands shut up into clenched fists, and the feeble voice trailed off in an agonized moan.

  • The machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.

  • Her heart had always been weak, I'd known that, and it had gradually grown more feeble.

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