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feebleness

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

软弱无力,软弱,软弱性,软弱无能

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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

nounlack of strength; ineffectiveness

Examples

  • Very little is written about adult male feebleness when it comes to forging new friendships.

  • In fact, some memories are much oftener weak from deficiency in reviving power than from feebleness of first impressions.

  • Would it be cruel to cut off children from the privileges of civil society because of their feebleness?

  • The principal ground on which wills are attacked is feebleness of mind, lack of mental capacity.

  • In speaking on this subject, he felt the utter feebleness of human language.

  • She sat down and could not speak—the room whirled round and round—her white feebleness touched Mrs Morgan's heart.

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