Weak
[wiːk] or [wik]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) deficient in intelligence or mental power; 'a weak mind' .
(adj.) likely to fail under stress or pressure; 'the weak link in the chain' .
(adj.) not having authority, political strength, or governing power; 'a weak president' .
(adj.) (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection .
(adj.) deficient or lacking in some skill; 'he's weak in spelling' .
(adj.) wanting in physical strength; 'a weak pillar' .
(adj.) tending downward in price; 'a weak market for oil stocks' .
汉娜錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) Wanting physical strength.
(v. i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
(v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
(v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
(v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
(v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
(v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
(v. i.) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
(v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
(v. i.) Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
(v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
(v. i.) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
(v. i.) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
(v. i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
(v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
(v. i.) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
(v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
(v. i.) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
(v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.
(v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
(v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).
(v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
(a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.
錄入:洛根
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Feeble, languid, weakly, not strong, not vigorous.[2]. Sickly, debilitated, unhealthy, unsound, infirm, frail, delicate, tender, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid.[3]. Defenceless, unguarded, exposed, unprotected.[4]. Lax, soft, pliant, imperfect.[5]. Pliable, pusillanimous, easily influenced, without any backbone, dough-faced.[6]. Shallow, simple, silly, senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, childish, inept.[7]. Unwise, injudicious, foolish, indiscreet, erring, peccable.[8]. Low, faint, small, inconsiderable.[9]. Thin, watery, diluted, waterish.[10]. Sleazy, flimsy, slight, poor.[11]. Poor, inconclusive, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, lame, not forcible, not cogent.
吉莉安手打
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Feeble, infirm, enfeebled, powerless, debile, fragile, incompact, inadhesive,pliant, frail, oft, tender, milk_and_water, flabby, flimsy, wishy_washy,destructible, watery, diluted, imbecile, inefficient, spiritless, foolish,injudicious, unsound, undecided, unconfirmed, irrepressible, wavering, ductile,easy, malleable, unconvincing, inconclusive, vapid, pointless
ANT:Strong, vigorous, robust, muscular, nervous, powerful, tough, stout, lusty,sturdy, compact, adhesive, resistant, fibrous, hard, indistructible, potent,intoxicating, efficient, spirited, animated, wise, sound, judicious, cogent,valid, decided, determined, unwavering, stubborn, unyielding, inexorable,conclusive, irresistible, forcible, telling
休整理
解釋/意思:
adj. soft: wanting strength and vigour: not able to sustain a great weight: wanting health: easily overcome: feeble of mind: wanting moral or mental force: frail: unsteady: slight or incomplete: having little of the chief ingredient: impressible: inconclusive: (Shak.) inconsiderable: (gram.) of a verb inflected by regular syllabic addition instead of by change of the main vowel: tending downward in price.—adj. Weak′-built (Shak.) ill-founded.—v.t. Weak′en to make weak: to reduce in strength or spirit.—v.i. to grow weak or weaker.—n. Weak′ener one who or that which weakens.—adjs. Weak′-eyed having weak eyes or sight; Weak′-hand′ed powerless; Weak′-head′ed having a feeble intellect; Weak′-heart′ed (Shak.) of weak or feeble heart or spirit; Weak′-hinged ill-balanced; Weak′-kneed having weak knees: weak in will.—n. Weak′ling a weak or feeble creature.—adv. Weak′ly.—adj. Weak′-mind′ed of feeble powers of mind.—ns. Weak′-mind′edness; Weak′ness.—adjs. Weak′-sight′ed having feeble eyesight; Weak′-spir′ited bearing wrong tamely cowardly.—Weaker sex women; Weaker vessel (see Vessel).—Weak side point that side or point in which a person is most easily influenced or most liable to temptation.
安編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The family don't want her here, and they'll say it's because I've been ill, because I'm a weak old woman, that she's persuaded me. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Meantime, watch and pray that you enter not into temptation: the spirit, I trust, is willing, but the flesh, I see, is weak. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But the trouble with them is that the psychology is weak and uninformed, distorted by moral enthusiasms, and put out without any particular reference to the task of statesmanship. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I'll sing the 'Jovial Crew,' or any other song, when a weak old man would cry his eyes out. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Externally they were weak and divided. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Love, and her child, Hope, which can bestow wealth on poverty, strength on the weak, and happiness on the sorrowing. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Such a poor weak little creature! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The bottle and jug were again produced, and he mixed a weak draught, and another, and drank both in quick succession. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I was very weak, but I have had a good deal to go through. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- An idea is by its very nature weaker and fainter than an impression; but being in every other respect the same, cannot imply any very great mystery. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But across that long distance these currents for many reasons grew still weaker. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This accounts for the phenomenon of the weaker of the two usually having a bundle of firewood thrust between its jaws in hot weather. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The more distant the fountain, the weaker the flow. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- They have the same employments--the only difference between them is that the one sex is stronger and the other weaker. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I want to say them now, before I get weaker. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- In the same manner, steam engine boilers might be constructed with a small portion comparatively weaker, so that if it gave way there would not be much damage done. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- No, he said, they share alike; the only difference between them is that the males are stronger and the females weaker. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- As to the proportions, 1 in 20 was the strongest he used, and 1 in 60 the weakest; for preserving meat 1 in 50 answered perfectly well--1?lb. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The weakest part of Hugo's classification is that which deals with natural philosophy. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Many of the noblest specimens of the human race have been among the weakest physically. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The weakest of creatures--my feelings are touched in a moment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It occurs once in the history of the most gigantic passions, and it is a period when they are in the hands of the weakest will. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He can turn back the captivity of Judah, even by the weakest instrument. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Little Dorrit seemed the least, the quietest, and weakest of Heaven's creatures. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
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