feebly

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adv.  衰弱地；微弱地；无力地

BNC.20818 / COCA.22219

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 虚弱的;微弱的;无力的
  If you describe someone or something asfeeble, you mean that they are weak.
  1. He told them he was old and feeble and was not able to walk so far...
     他告诉他们，他年老体弱，不能走那么远。
  2. the feeble light of a tin lamp.
     锡灯微弱的光线
• ADJ-GRADED 软弱的;懦弱的
  If you describe someone asfeeble, you are criticizing them because they are afraid of taking strong action or seem to make no effort.
  1. He said that the Government had been feeble.
     他说政府很懦弱。
  2. ...some rather feeble traditionalists.
     一些相当软弱的传统主义者
• ADJ-GRADED 牵强的;不太可信的
  If you describe something that someone says asfeeble, you mean that it is not very good or convincing.
  1. This is a particularly feeble argument.
     这个论点尤其站不住脚。

英英释义

adv

• in a halting and feeble manner
  1. reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win
• in a faint and feeble manner
  1. the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway

双语例句

• I waited but she did not say any more, and after a moment I returned rather feebly to the subject of her daughter.
  我等待着她说下去，可她却不再开口了。沉默了片刻，我又勉强地将话题转到她女儿身上。
• This time and the following night the wives fidgeted feebly, and tried to say something.
  这一次还有次日晚上妻子们略微有点心烦意乱，她们都有话要说。
• I can do this, I lied to myself feebly.
  我能做到这一点，我对自己说谎无力。
• He walked away to listen to bamberger, who was feebly spouting some ardent line.
  他走开去听班贝格先生念台词。他正有气无力地念着一段热情激昂的台词。
• Now, however, this feeling had changed to one of opposition, which rose feebly.
  可是现在，这种感情变成了反抗情绪，一种软弱无力的反抗。
• When I got out of the jacuzzi, I was limp as a noodle. Melanie stirred feebly, her hands seeking the baby, and Wade covered his eyes and cowered, too frightened to cry.
  媚兰无力地挪了挪身子，双手在寻找婴儿，韦德则用手捂着眼睛浑身哆嗦，但吓得哭不出声来了。
• Occasionally she dropped the towel and rubbed her hands feebly and looked up at Scarlett with eyes enormous with pain.
  她偶尔放下毛巾，无力地搓着双手，瞪着两只痛得鼓鼓的眼睛仰望着思嘉。
• The engine sputter feebly for a while and then stop.
  发动机发出一阵微弱的嗒嗒声后停了下来。
• The bird feebly beat its wings.
  这鸟无力地拍动着翅膀。
• He held his face in his burning hand, and feebly bemoaned his own weakness, and the cruelty of his persecutors.
  他拿滚烫的手掩住脸，无力地悲叹自己的软弱和迫害他的人们的残酷。