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单词 feeble
释义
feeble
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.bəl/us
/ˈfiː.bəl/
C2
weakand withoutenergy,strength, orpower:
虚弱的；衰弱的，无力的
He was a feeble,helplessoldman.他是一个虚弱无助的老人。
The littlelampgave only a feeblelight.这盏小灯只发出一点微弱的光。
Opposition to theplanwasratherfeeble.对这个计划的反对声相当无力。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not physically strong
  • weakShe was too tired and weak to finish the race.
  • feebleMany of the pensioners were so feeble they had to be stretchered onto the ship.
  • punyHe was puny as a child.
  • weedyUKI was just this weedy guy who always had his head in a book.
  • frailA frail, grey-haired lady walked slowly down the street.
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C2
noteffectiveor good:
无效的；不佳的
a feeblejoke/excuse干巴巴的笑话／站不住脚的借口
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebbidiom
  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
  • besomeone'spoodleidiom
  • brittle
  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • impotent
  • soft target
  • submissive
  • submissively
  • submissiveness
  • suggestible
  • watery
  • wetness
  • wimpy
  • wonky
  • wuss
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feebly
(Definition offeeblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

feeble| American Dictionary

feeble
adjective
us
/ˈfi·bəl/
weak:
a feeblejoke
He’sprettyfeeble, and has to use acaneto get around.
(Definition offeeblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffeeble

feeble
Not much: gravitation is feebler than magnetism or electricity.
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On the base there are about nine less strongly tuberculated spiral threads with feebler threads between.
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They described themselves in their own words as capable and incapable, able and unable, beautiful and decrepit, funny andfeeble.
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The gender of nouns, on the other hand, has only afeebleconceptual basis.
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After eating the plants for seven days, we became veryfeebleand could not see things clearly.
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The disturbances to be accommodated through the operation of thisfeeblewage-adjustment mechanism were unprecedented in scope.
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Finding his pockets empty, they suspected him offeeble-mindedness.
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His health grew ever feebler and his genius dimmer.
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The evidence was also felt to reveal the likelihood of a higher than normal birth rate amongst thefeeble-minded.
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Feeble-minded children are defined as those who appear to be 'permanently incapable' of receiving proper benefit from teaching in ordinary schools.
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I pay close attention to ensuring that my body does not becomefeeblelike it was before.
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Note that this acceleration would always happen, howeverfeeblethe current supply, provided one waited long enough.
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Between 1648 and 1656, a string of twelve incapable andfeeblesadrazams served terms of one to twelve months in office.
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The proposed structural reforms, with the exception of the pension reform and the labour reform, typically metfeebleor fragmented opposition from the labour movement.
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In the world of the human, all too human, it has something uncomfortablyfeebleabout it.
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