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单词 lamely
释义
lamely
adverb
uk
/ˈleɪm.li/us
/ˈleɪm.li/
in aweakandunsatisfactoryway:
（尤指借口或论据）站不住脚地，无说服力地
"You must have beenmistaken," she toldAdam,ratherlamely."你一定是搞错了，"她无力地对亚当说。
There was nothingelseto say so I lamelyaskedwhat he'd like forbreakfast.没有别的话可说，所以我勉强问他早餐想吃什么。
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lame
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  • "We have to get back,"explainedDenis lamely.
  • He was often latehome, lamelyclaiminghe had beencaughtin ameeting.
  • "Did youtellhim toleavemealone?" - "I didn't get achance," he said,ratherlamely.
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(Definition oflamelyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflamely

lamely
Desolation goes before us, and civilization lags slowly andlamelybehind.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for 'walklamely' had been hall, which now survives, barely, as an adjective).
From theCambridge English Corpus
This organisation has the advantage of being a highly respected national institution, known to be completely impartial andlamelystaffed by voluntary helpers.
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Hansard archive
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My expectation is that people who hold up their hands solamelyare unlikely to be re-elected.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He simply said ratherlamelythat it was right in principle that attention should be paid to certain needs.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Or will he staylamelystuck on the fence?
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They can onlylamelyrepeat the statement that they must know to be untrue.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
When we made it plain that it had never been otherwise and that this was on the record, he admitted, somewhatlamely, that he had been misled.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Details are not given and the story concludes somewhatlamely.
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Mutual is excluded from, or onlylamelyadmitted to, many important markets.
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However, he says it ratherlamely, and the confession obviously comes too late.
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Lamelybegan his career on mini tours.
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These accentslamelyportray a mule walking.
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