Imbecility
[,ɪmbɪ'sɪlətɪ] or [,ɪmbə'sɪləti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Weakness, feebleness, debility, infirmity, helplessness.[2]. Foolishness, childishness, idiocy, fatuity.
手打:谢莉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Feebleness, senility, weakness, dotage
ANT:Strength, energy, vigor, virility, power
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A kind of divine inspiration or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
手打:威利
例句/造句/用法:
- I spit upon his house, upon his name, upon his imbecility, all of which she makes the carpet represent. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Incredible imbecility! 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- So with him we have played that game which has vanquished so many guides for us --imbecility and idiotic questions. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- 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. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The beginning of all effort has indeed with me been marked by a preternatural imbecility. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Mrs. Gradgrind faintly looked at the tongs, as the most appropriate thing her imbecility could think of doing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Yah, the imbecility of the whole set of 'em! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
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