Infirm
[ɪn'fɜːm] or [ɪn'fɝm]
解释:
(adj.) lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; 'infirm of purpose; give me the daggers' - Shakespeare .
卡斯特罗校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.
(a.) Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.
(a.) Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.
(v. t.) To weaken; to enfeeble.
手打:特雷弗
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Weak (from age), feeble, enfeebled, decrepit, imbecile, not strong.[2]. Irresolute, vacillating, wavering, faltering.
杰瑞德校对
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Weak, decrepit, lame, {[inforcible]?}, unsound, failing, irresolute, feeble,enfeebled
ANT:Firm, strong, sure, cogent, forcible, sound
手打:米格尔
解释:
adj. feeble: sickly: weak: not solid: irresolute: imbecile.—ns. Infirmā′rian an officer in a monastery having charge of the quarters for the sick; Infirm′ary a hospital or place for the treatment of the sick; Infirm′ity disease: failing: defect: imbecility.—adv. Infirm′ly.
校对:内尔
例句:
- Beth cherished them all the more tenderly for that very reason, and set up a hospital for infirm dolls. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- He took to biting the rosebuds now, and tearing them away from his teeth with a hand that trembled like an infirm old man's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Perhaps his mother now occupied a poorer seat, or possibly she had grown infirm and could not reach the church alone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He fell down, this morning, a handsome stately gentleman, somewhat infirm, but of a fine presence, and with a well-filled face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- My lady always had a regular distribution of good sound port and sherry among the infirm poor; and Miss Rachel wishes the custom to be kept up. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I am your father, not your infirm uncle! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
校对:内尔