feeble

英[fi:bl]美[fi:bl]

a.
微弱的，衰弱的，无效的

名　词：fee'bleness

副　词：fee'bly

同：	[a.] debile, faint, lame, nerveless

weak，feeble，frail，fragile

这些形容词均有“虚弱的，乏力的”之意。
weak普通用词，指缺乏应有的力量，可用于身体、意志或精神。
feeble指身体衰弱无力，精力几乎耗尽，含令人怜悯的意味。
frail多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
fragile可与frail换用，但语气强，侧重脆弱，指人容易生病，指物容易破碎。

The space of sky above us was the color of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns.
仰首望去，天穹犹如紫罗兰花瞬息万变，街灯闪烁着微弱的灯光伸向天边。收藏
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.——Edmund Burke
迷信是意志薄弱者的宗教。——伯克收藏
The ascendency which March had obtained over this feeble-minded but right-thinking and right-feeling girl arose from a law of nature
马奇所以赢得了这个智力欠缺而诚实善良的姑娘的倾心，纯粹是出于自然法则。收藏
What he was saying must sound both feeble and pretentious
他说的话听起来一定很软弱空洞。收藏
Daily did Penelope and young Telemachus and feeble old Laertes stand by the shore and gaze with aching eyes far over the waves
佩内洛普、年轻的特勒马胡斯和衰老的莱尔提斯天天都站在海边，凝视着远方的海面，望穿秋水。收藏

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pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- a feeble excuse
- a lame argument
[同] feeble, lame
lacking strength or vigor
- damning with faint praise
- faint resistance
- feeble efforts
- a feeble voice
[同] faint, feeble

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