feeble
adj. 微弱的，无力的；虚弱的；薄弱的
adj.
虚弱的，衰弱的；无效的，无意的；缺乏决心的，缺乏活力的；
双语释义
adj.(形容词)虚弱的,衰弱的,无力的 weak; with little force
英英释义
feeble[ 'fi:bl ]
adj.
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
"a feeble excuse"
同义词：lame
lacking strength or vigor
"feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
同义词：faint
lacking physical strength or vitality
"a feeble old woman"
同义词：decrepitdebileinfirmricketysaplessweakweakly
lacking strength
同义词：nerveless
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
feeble joke乏味的笑话
feeble personality软弱的个性
feeble suggestion无效的建议
feeble excuses不能让人信服的借口
feeble voice微弱的声音
同近义词辨析
faint, fragile, weak, feeblefainta.虚弱的，眩晕的，指人在特定场合感觉到的虚弱，通常不是天生体质上的虚弱而是由于某种原因造成的暂时的情况。
The summer sun was so strong that she felt faint.夏天的阳光太强烈了，她感觉到眩晕。
fragilea.脆弱的，易碎的，指物体容易打碎，或人体质虚弱、容易受伤害。
That dish is fragile, so be careful.那个盘子容易碎，所以千万小心。
weaka.这组词中应用范围最广的一个，既可以指身体虚弱的，无力的，也可引申为在力量、权力、技能、影响等方面有欠缺或软弱。
The patient is losing blood and becoming weak.病人在失血，身体开始虚弱下去。
feeblea.虚弱的，无力的，常用来形容人的声音或行为。
The elderly lady has become feeble and unable to care herself.这个老太太已经很虚弱了，无法照顾她自己。
fragile, weak, frail, feeble这组词都有“虚弱的，乏力的”的意思，其区别是：
fragile可与frail换用，但语气强，侧重脆弱，指人容易生病，指物容易破碎。
weak普通用词，指缺乏应有的力量，可用于身体、意志或精神。
frail多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
feeble指身体衰弱无力，精力几乎耗尽，含令人怜悯的意味。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The bishop said it with a feeble voice as he woke.
主教醒过来，用虚弱的声音说出。
Feeble and uncertain securities were thrown upon the market.
虚弱的或者没有把握的证券都向市场抛售了。
Tighter credit conditions are sapping already feeble demand.
紧缩的信贷让本就无力的需求更加乏力。
He bleated out a feeble excuse.
他以微弱的声音作无力的辩解。
权威例句
Interference Fringes with Feeble LightNGC 1320 - A feeble, high-ionization Seyfert 2 galaxy
Inventing the feeble mind: a history of mental retardation in the United States
Textured Development of Feeble Magnetic Ceramics by Colloidal Processing Under High Magnetic Field
The ionization of feeble organic acids in DMSO-water mixtures. Acidity constants derived by extrapolation to the aqueous state
Rival Interpretations of Market Society: Civilizing, Destructive, or Feeble?
Textured Development of Feeble Magnetic Ceramics by Colloidal Processing Under High Magnetic Field(Innovative Ceramics (I))
Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive or Feeble? A Critique of Five Key Debates in the Social Science Literature
Help and Containment. (Book Reviews: Inventing the Feeble Mind. A History of Mental Retardation in the United States.)
Kaliation. I. Remarkable fast reaction of potassium hydride with amines and other feeble organic acids. Convenient rapid route to el...
feeble
feeble: [12] Semantically, feeble was originally a close relative of deplorable and lamentable, but over the centuries it has diverged markedly from them. Its ultimate source was Latin flēbilis, a derivative of the verb flēre ‘weep’. In classical times this meant literally ‘worthy of being cried over, lamentable’, but later it came to signify ‘weak’. It passed in this sense into Old French as fleible, which subsequently became feible or feble (source of English feeble), and later still foible (whence English foible [17]) and faible (the modern French form).=> foible
feeble (adj.)
late 12c., "lacking strength or vigor" (physical, moral, or intellectual), from Old French feble "weak, feeble" (12c., Modern French faible), dissimilated from Latin flebilis "lamentable," literally "that is to be wept over," from flere "weep, cry, shed tears, lament," from PIE *bhle- "to howl" (see bleat (v.)). The first -l- was lost in Old French. The noun meaning "feeble person" is recorded from mid-14c.
1. How feeble and pale he looked, amid all his triumph!
他在大获全胜之际，看起来是多么虚弱和苍白啊！
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2. All of this ancient mystery that theologians agree cannot be fully understood to our feeble minds.
神学家都认为我们薄弱的智力,是无法完全理解这些古老的谜题的。
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3. You stammer some feeble responses by way of reply, feeling your strength ebb away until you find an excuse to leave.
你结结巴巴地作出一个无力的回应，同时感觉自己的力量在消退，直到你找到一个借口离开。
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4. During her life Elizabeth Barrett Browning conjectured that Browning would indulge in some "feeble bigamy" after her death.
伊丽莎白·巴雷特·勃朗宁在生时推测丈夫在她死后会陷入“虚弱的重婚罪”里。
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5. But it also exposed the Tories to charges that they would destroy a feeble recovery if they moved too fast to mend the public finances.
然而，这也会使保守党受到这样的控告：他们如果快速行动修复公共财政就会破坏微弱的经济复苏。
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6. China seems the most feeble link and it is the most influential country to Pyongyang.
中国似乎既是其中最薄弱的一环，也是对平壤最有影响力的国家。
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7. Still, if you think this is bad, you should hear the B-side: Mendelssohn’s Wedding March played on a feeble synthesizer over a disco beat.
当然，如果你认为这个很糟糕，你还可以听听B面：门德尔松的婚礼进行曲附着迪斯科的节拍在无力的合成器上播放。
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8. Now he was back where he started, and his Yankee Stadium sat like a feeble, gutted ghost beside the new stadium.
现在他回到了自己的出发点，在新球场衬托下，他的老洋基球场像个虚弱而沮丧的鬼影。
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9. Unfortunately, it is overtaken by political correctness and ends up as a feeble supplement to the main story.
然而，不幸的是，它被政治正确性所压倒，结果只成了故事主线的一个无力的补充。
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10. Feeble regulation and supervision had allowed alarming mismatches between assets and liabilities, so banks started to fail, prompting yet more capital outflows.
虚弱的规范监管体系令资产与负债极大地不平衡，银行开始破产，又促进了更多的资本外流。
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11. It seems that on the night succeeding the interment, feeble voices were heard calling from the well.
好象在抛尸的那天晚上，还有人听见微弱的叫喊声从井底传出来。
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12. As they were passing through a grove of small trees, they heard a great fluttering over their heads and a feeble chirping in the grass by the roadside.
当他们走到一片小树林的时候，他们听到头上方有猛烈的抖动，而在路旁边的草丛中有微弱的鸣叫。
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13. The results of this study imply that the feeble, but erratic behavior of the black hole in the Milky Way could potentially be typical for present-day supermassive black holes.
研究结果表明，银河系黑洞的这种微弱而不稳定的行为很有可能在现今的特大质量黑洞中具有典型意义。
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14. The results of this study imply that the feeble, but erratic behavior of the black hole in the Milky Way could potentially be typical for present-day supermassive black holes.
研究结果表明，银河系黑洞的这种微弱而不稳定的行为很有可能在现今的特大质量黑洞中具有典型意义。
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