Spiritless
['spɪrɪtlɪs] or ['spɪrɪtləs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) lacking ardor or vigor or energy; 'a spiritless reply to criticism' .
埃尔顿校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
(a.) Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
(a.) Having no breath; extinct; dead.
乔校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Lifeless, breathless, extinct, dead.[2]. Dejected, depressed, discouraged, dispirited, low-spirited, in low spirits.[3]. Dull, torpid, sluggish, cold, apathetic, phlegmatic, languid, soulless, feeble, unenterprising.[4]. Heavy, stupid, dull, frigid, tame, prosaic, prosy, insipid, uninteresting.
手打:罗莎琳德
例句/造句/用法:
- She was a poor, empty-headed, spiritless woman--what you call a born drudge--and I was now and then not averse to plaguing her by taking Anne away. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Thus easily do even the most startling novelties grow tame and spiritless to these sight-surfeited wanderers. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- There was not a sound in the gloom beyond the spiritless stir of the summer wind. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I inquired despairingly, for I was both tired and spiritless. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Weary, jaded, and spiritless, Eliza dragged herself up to the door, with her child lying in a heavy sleep on her arm. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But Annie, in a spiritless unhappy way, only went whither she was led, and seemed to have no care for anything. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He sighed, and then said, in a spiritless tone, Just as you like, Sir. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- They encountered armies, large and disciplined but spiritless armies, and defeated them. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I have heerd they're a pack of spiritless, down-trodden men; welly clemmed to death; too much dazed wi' clemming to know when they're put upon. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
手打:罗莎琳德