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flaccidity

/fla-sid-i-tee, flak-/US // flæˈsɪd ɪ ti, flæk- //

松弛性,松弛度,松弛,松弛程度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or condition of being soft and limp; flabbiness or lack of firmness: This therapy also tightens the skin by helping to reduce flaccidity, lift sagging tissues, and restore skin tone and structure.
    • : lack of strength or force; weakness: Assuring other nations that the United States will exercise its power responsibly, sparingly, virtuously, and in accordance with international norms is not a sign of moral flaccidity.

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Examples

  • His very malevolence proceeded from a flaccidity which meanly envied the activities and enthusiasms of other men.

  • In "Jennie Gerhardt" there is no such flaccidity of structure, no such vacillation in aim, no such proliferation of episode.

  • Soon it would lose its paleness and flaccidity, become pink and slightly convex, pulsing with Rastignac's blood.

  • Besides, inquiries concerning the health of cow-punchers were not only superfluous, but bordered on flaccidity.

  • Besides, inquiries concerning the health of cow- punchers were not only superfluous, but bordered on flaccidity.