Imbecility
[,ɪmbɪ'sɪlətɪ] or [,ɪmbə'sɪləti]
解释:
(n.) The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.
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同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Weakness, feebleness, debility, infirmity, helplessness.[2]. Foolishness, childishness, idiocy, fatuity.
手打:谢莉
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Feebleness, senility, weakness, dotage
ANT:Strength, energy, vigor, virility, power
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娱乐性解释:
n. A kind of divine inspiration or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
手打:威利
例句:
- I spit upon his house, upon his name, upon his imbecility, all of which she makes the carpet represent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Incredible imbecility! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- So with him we have played that game which has vanquished so many guides for us --imbecility and idiotic questions. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- They could not have done so if they had wished to, and if it had been possible general imbecility would have been the only outcome. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The beginning of all effort has indeed with me been marked by a preternatural imbecility. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Mrs. Gradgrind faintly looked at the tongs, as the most appropriate thing her imbecility could think of doing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Yah, the imbecility of the whole set of 'em! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- When I came to myself, he told me that he concluded I had been dead; for these people are subject to no such imbecilities of nature. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
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