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adj. 无效的；软弱的；没精神的；不负责任的；无气力的
adj.
没有价值的，没有长远目标的，不负责任的；
adv.
没有价值地，没有长远目标地，不负责任地；
n.
没有价值，没有长远目标，不负责任；
英英释义
feckless[ 'feklis ]
adj.
not fit to assume responsibility
generally incompetent and ineffectual
"feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"
同义词：inept
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.
她的丈夫讨人喜欢，但却是个懒惰没有出息的人。
And Washington is annoyed at Europe's feckless attempts at economic reforms.
美国方面对欧盟不痛不痒的经济改革也懊恼不已。
权威例句
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feckless: [16] From an etymological point of view, feckless is simply another way of saying ineffective. It originated in Scotland, where from the 15th century the local population economized on the pronunciation of effect, reducing it to feck (this survived into modern times in the sense ‘efficacy’). From it was formed feckless, literally ‘having no effect’, and also feckful ‘efficient, vigorous’, which never made it further south than northern England.=> effect
feckless (adj.)
1590s, from feck, "effect, value, vigor" (late 15c.), Scottish shortened form of effect (n.), + -less. Popularized by Carlyle, who left its opposite, feckful, in dialectal obscurity. Related: Fecklessly; fecklessness.
1. They may have given up hope for the base, but they are clearly not interested in getting involved with Kyrgyzstan’s police and military, whom they seem to regard as feckless at best.
或许对这一基地已彻底放弃希望，明显不愿与吉尔吉斯斯坦的警察和军队有所牵连，在他们看来，吉尔吉斯斯坦的警察和军队最多不过是太软弱。
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2. They think people who change their jobs frequently are feckless. They believe that the only way to success is to stick to one job, for constant practice in a professional field helps make an expert.
许多人喜欢一生中做一件工作，他们认为经常换工作的人软弱无能，他们相信成功的唯一途径就是坚持一项工作，因为在一个专业领域里不断的实践有助于专家的形成。
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3. But the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan smoulders on, and it remains an open question how long the feckless administration the West props up in Kabul will survive NATO’s planned departure in 2014.
然而，塔利班在阿富汗的反叛行动仍然在继续燃烧，2014年北约按计划撤离后，软弱的阿富汗政府到底能支撑多长时间，现在还是一个悬而未决的问题。
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4. Among the jokesters were 236 Republicans playing the politics of extortion, and 82 feckless Democrats who fret that Republicans could transform a courageous vote into a foul-smelling advertisement.
在这些爱开玩笑的人中有236位共和党成员，他们玩起了政治敲诈，而82位软弱的民主党成员苦恼于共和党人会把勇敢的投票转演变丑恶的广告宣传。
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5. Frau Merkel is further cramped by anxiety that German taxpayers will revolt against writing even larger cheques to bail out reckless bankers and feckless Club Med nations.
默克尔担忧德国纳税人会抵制为保全咎由自取的银行，援助软弱无能的地中海国家开出更大金额的支票。
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6. Shops in Worcester, Bristol, and North Wales have also taken to "firing out" bursts of classical music to ward of feckless youngsters.
在伍斯特、布里斯托尔、北威尔士的商店里也“爆发”出阵阵古典音乐，对付玩世不恭的小青年。
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7. Despite Republican attempts to paint them as feckless or job-shy, they are usually anything but.
尽管共和党试图将他们描述成有缺陷或者不愿工作的懒人，但通常情况并不如此。
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8. Despite Republican attempts to paint them as feckless or job-shy, they are usually anything but.
尽管共和党试图将他们描述成有缺陷或者不愿工作的懒人，但通常情况并不如此。
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