velleity

英式音标：[ve'li:ɪtɪ]播放读音

美式音标：[ve'liətɪ]播放读音

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概况：

n. 不完全意欲，微弱的欲望

词义：

n.

微弱的欲望，不导致行动的单纯愿望；

变形

复数：velleities

英英释义

velleity[ ve'li:əti ]

n.

a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain

volition in its weakest form

用法：

权威例句

The Rise and Fall of the Impossible Will (velleity) in European Thought (1200 ca -1700 ca)

Velleity's Shade

A question of velleity

Velleity on New Zealand's North Island

Velleity (Poem)

Velleity`s Shade, Black Star

A social history

Cabo verde: formações discursivas (trans)nacionalistas de uma sociedade crioula politicamente sitiada

Educationists and the Tradition of Learning

I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You

英语词源：

velleity (n.)

"volition in the weakest form; an indolent or inactive wish," 1610s, from Medieval Latin stem of velleitas (from Latin velle "to wish, will;" see will (v.)) + -ity.

造句：

1. Poison from the weaver fish causes paralysis, swelling, and nausea.

龙的毒素会引起瘫痪、肿胀和恶心。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The paralysis of the leadership leaves the army without its supreme command.

领导层瘫痪导致军队没有最高指挥。

来自柯林斯例句

3. paralysis of both legs

双腿瘫痪

来自《权威词典》

4. An attack of paralysis seized him.

他突然瘫痪了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Its effects on the nervous system include weakness, paralysis, and tingling in the hands and feet.

它对神经系统的影响包括虚弱、麻痹与手脚刺痛。

来自柯林斯例句

[ paralysis 造句 ]