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单词 weakness
释义
weakness
noun
uk
/ˈwiːk.nəs/us
/ˈwiːk.nəs/
B2[U]
thefactorstateof not beingstrongorpowerful:
虚弱；软弱
Anychangeofpolicywill beinterpretedas asignof weakness.政策上的任何改变都会被当作是软弱的表现。
B2[C]
aparticularpartorqualityof someone or something that is not good oreffective:
弱点；缺点；不足
There aredefiniteweaknesses intheirsecurityarrangements.他们在安全部署上肯定有漏洞。
Hismainweakness as amanageris hisinabilitytodelegate.作为经理，他的主要弱点在于不知道如何把工作分配给下属。
Thelaternovelsshow none of the weaknesses of hisearlierwork.后来的小说全无他早期作品中的那些缺点。
weakness for
C2
astrongliking, usually for something that might haveunpleasantorunwantedeffects:
（通常指对不好的东西的）嗜好，迷恋
Mydietwould befineif only I didn't have a weakness forcookies.要不是我对甜食过于偏好，我的日常饮食将是比较健康的。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to like someone or something
  • likeDo you like pasta?
  • loveI love seafood.
  • adoreI adore a good book.
  • think the world of someoneAnnabel's like a daughter to him - he thinks the world of her.
  • have a soft spot for someoneI've always had a soft spot for Rebecca ever since she was tiny.
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  • Anyhesitationon thepartof thegovernmentwill beseenas weakness.
  • Thislatestconflictfurtherillustratesthe weakness of the UN.
  • Hisinabilitytohandlethesituationis asuresignof weakness.
  • Admitting you've made amistakeis asignofstrength, not weakness.
  • In apositionofauthority, a weakness for theoppositesexleavesyouopentoblackmail.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebbidiom
  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
  • besomeone'spoodleidiom
  • brittle
  • helplessly
  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • sitting target
  • soft target
  • submissive
  • submissively
  • submissiveness
  • watery
  • wetness
  • wimpy
  • wonky
  • wuss
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Faults and mistakes
Liking
(Definition ofweaknessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

weakness| American Dictionary

weakness
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈwik·nəs/
lackofstrengthorenergy:
[U]The building’scollapsewascausedby weakness in severalbeams.
Weakness is also afaultin someone’scharacter:
[U]Iscryingalways asignof weakness?
A weakness is also astronglikingfor something:
[C]Sheadmittedto a weakness fordesserts.
(Definition ofweaknessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

weakness| Business English

weakness
noun
uk
/ˈwiːknəs/us
[U]
asituationin which someone or something is at alowlevelor is notstrongorsuccessful:
weakness against sthThe dollar's weakness against theEurohas madeEuropeangoodsmoreexpensivehere.
weakness in sthWeakness in theeconomyisaccelerating.
She isconcernedby the weakness of Europe'ssinglecurrency.
[C]
aparticularpartorqualityof someone or something that is not good oreffective:
Asmartmanagementteamknowsitscompany'sstrengthsand weaknesses.
There aredefiniteweaknesses intheirsecurityarrangements.
Hismainweakness is hisinabilitytodelegate.
(Definition ofweaknessfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofweakness

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Political parties, despite their weaknesses and manipulation, are characteristic of liberal democracy.
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But there is a danger that the basic weaknesses of these approaches get lost in a daze of technical sophistication.
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Thisweaknessdepended in part on structural attributes, especially levels of electoral competition.
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Sadly, however, many of them are unlikely to stay the course because of a series of interlocking presentational weaknesses.
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A review of strengths and weaknesses would have been useful.
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Still, the mainweaknessof this study is its lack of serious attention to publicpolicy recommendations for reform.
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Indeed, in a broader context, this omission signals the greatestweaknessof an otherwise excellent book.
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You can find other solutions, other ways to express and give form to yourweaknessand strength.
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A thirdweaknessis the relatively small number of interviews conducted by the author.
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Theweaknessresolves on successful treatment of the endocrine disorder.
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Such statements reflect the weaknesses of this book.
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Very few scholars have even addressed the weaknesses of civil society groups as organisational and ideological entities.
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Our analysis indicated the main trends in each subfield of ontology change and showed the main strengths and weaknesses of the dominating research paradigms.
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Providing feedback to the general practices raised practitioners' awareness of strengths and weaknesses in their electronic record keeping.
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These weaknesses aside, forest decision-making in the two communities tends toward shared input for shared benefits.
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Collocationswithweakness

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These are words often used in combination withweakness.

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economic weakness
The thirdeconomicweaknessthat traditionally triggers privatisation is a severe budget deficit.
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fatal weakness
That seems to me to be afatalweakness.
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fundamental weakness
This is afundamentalweaknessof this semantics.
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