feeble

Word family nounfeblessefeeblenessadjectivefeeblishfeeble-mindedfeebleadverbfeebly

fee·ble /ˈfiːbəl/ adjectiveadj

1 WEAKextremely weak 非常虚弱的，无力的 OPP strong

His voice sounded feeble and far away.

他的声音听上去既无力又遥远。

She was too feeble to leave her room.

她身体虚弱，无法走出自己的房间。

► see thesaurus at weak

2 EFFECTIVEnot very good or effective 蹩脚的；无效的，站不住脚的 SYN weak

a feeble excuse

牵强的借口

a rather feeble committee

一个相当软弱的委员会

Examples from the Corpus

feeble• Sales have gone up only by a feeble 0.1 percent.• He did not remember his sister at all, except as a tiny, feeble baby.• Reproaches, accusations, sadness - perhaps even feeble blows from feeble fists.• Such a feeble case should not have gone to court.• Compare the impact of the following feeble denouement with that of Oedipus who really was incestuous!• a feeble elderly woman in a wheelchair• My grandmother's very feeble now and needs someone at home full-time to look after her.• Nature sustains our feeble reason, and prevents it raving to this extent.• The smallest, feeblest stars, called M5 red dwarfs, have about 5 percent of the mass of our Sun.• His health was so feeble that he went to Florida and lived for six more years.• a feeble voice

Origin feeble

(1100-1200) Old French feble, from Latin flebilis “causing tears, weak”

词汇	feeble
释义	feeble Word family nounfeblessefeeblenessadjectivefeeblishfeeble-mindedfeebleadverbfeebly fee·ble /ˈfiːbəl/ ●○○ adjectiveadj 1 WEAKextremely weak 非常虚弱的，无力的 OPP strong His voice sounded feeble and far away. 他的声音听上去既无力又遥远。 She was too feeble to leave her room. 她身体虚弱，无法走出自己的房间。 ► see thesaurus at weak 2 EFFECTIVEnot very good or effective 蹩脚的；无效的，站不住脚的 SYN weak a feeble excuse 牵强的借口 a rather feeble committee 一个相当软弱的委员会 Examples from the Corpus feeble• Sales have gone up only by a feeble 0.1 percent.• He did not remember his sister at all, except as a tiny, feeble baby.• Reproaches, accusations, sadness - perhaps even feeble blows from feeble fists.• Such a feeble case should not have gone to court.• Compare the impact of the following feeble denouement with that of Oedipus who really was incestuous!• a feeble elderly woman in a wheelchair• My grandmother's very feeble now and needs someone at home full-time to look after her.• Nature sustains our feeble reason, and prevents it raving to this extent.• The smallest, feeblest stars, called M5 red dwarfs, have about 5 percent of the mass of our Sun.• His health was so feeble that he went to Florida and lived for six more years.• a feeble voice Origin feeble (1100-1200) Old French feble, from Latin flebilis “causing tears, weak”
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