feeble
[fi:bl]
adj. 虚弱的, 无力的
例句与用法：
His feeble excuses soon tailed off (into silence).
他的藉口站不住脚，很快就没词儿了(不作声了).
This was his fatal defect; he was of feeble will.
这是他致命的弱点，他意志薄弱。
Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky.
不稳的，虚弱的; 摇晃的
He bleated out a feeble excuse.
他以微弱的声音作无力的辩解。
A sick person is often feeble.
病人常常虚弱无力。
A feeble attempt is liable to fail.
愚蠢的尝试多半是要失败的。
词形变化：
副词: feebly | 形容词比较级: feebler | 形容词最高级: feeblest | 名词: feebleness |
a.
1. 虚弱的, 衰弱的; 无力的
She is feeble from sickness.
她因为生病而变得虚弱。
2. (智力, 性格等)弱的, 软弱的
He is a man with a feeble personality.
他是个个性软弱的人。
3. 拙劣无效的; 站不住脚的
Her argument was feeble.
她的论点站不住脚。
4. 微弱的; 薄弱的
A feeble cry came from the next room.
从隔壁房间里传来低弱的叫喊声。
feeble
形容词比较级：feebler
形容词最高级：feeblest
词形变化：
副词: feebly | 形容词比较级: feebler | 形容词最高级: feeblest | 名词: feebleness |
同义词：
weak | frail | powerless | delicate | shaky | thin | meagre | meager | unconvincing | pathetic | ineffectual | ineffective | poor | half-hearted | infirm | unhealthy | breakable | languid | ailing | peaked | lame | nerveless | debile | faint | decrepit | rickety | sapless | weakly | fragile |
反义词：
词义辨析：
同义:
a.虚弱的, 衰弱的
weak
powerless
frail
同义参见:
peaked
languid
lame1
infirm
breakable
ailing
unhealthy
反义:
a.虚弱的; 微弱的
strong
tough
intense
反义参见:
stout
feeble['fi:bl]adj.1.■软弱的，虚弱的，无力的2.■低能的，智力差的，性格软弱的，道德差的3.■(光线、音量、响度、清晰度等)弱的，微弱的4.■(强度、力量、效果等)无力的，不足的，无益的，无效的5.■易折的，易损的，脆弱的变形adj.feeblerfeeblest
feeblefeeble[ˈfi:bl]adj.1.■无力的; 虚弱的2.■微弱的; 衰弱的; (声、光等)轻微的3.■无效的; 无益的a feeble attempt无益的尝试a feeble brain低能a feeble cry微弱的喊声
继承用法feeble-mindedadj.1.■意志薄弱的; 低能的 -lish
词性变化feeble[ˈfi:bl]adj.adv.feeblyn.
参考词汇见weak;
(feebler, feeblest)
- lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
（尤指因年老或疾病而）虚弱的，衰弱的；乏力的
my legs are very feeble after the flu.
患了流感之后，我的腿虚弱乏力。
■(of a sound) faint
（声音）无力的，微弱的；轻微的
his voice sounded feeble and far away.
他的声音听来微弱而遥远。
■lacking strength of character
性格软弱的
she overreacted in such a feeble, juvenile way.
她反应过激，是那样的软弱幼稚。
■failing to convince or impress
乏力的，不具说服力的
a feeble excuse.
难以服人的借口。
feebleness
noun
feebly
adverb
语源
- Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis 'lamentable', from flere 'weep'
feeble
形容词 feeble:
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
同义词：lame
lacking strength or vigor
同义词：faint
lacking physical strength or vitality
同义词：decrepit, debile, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
lacking strength- Nathaniel Hawthorne
同义词：nerveless
feeble
■Scynth Desalths/a says, "The feeble thralls known as sarnaks have undoubtedly been smote by now.
"他们说将有大军到来。战舰、圣战士以及奴隶大军!
■That has made thee feeble to will and to do?
-- 它已经削弱了你的意志和行动
■Images remained feeble and limited in range until 1925 when J. L. Baird succeeded in amplilying them with vacuum tubes.
1925年以前，电视的图像一直较微弱，接收范围也有限。1925年，苏格兰发明家拜尔德成功地用真空管放大了图像。
■We have heard its report; Our hands are feeble; Distress has seized us, Pain like a woman in childbirth.
24我们听见了这风声，手就发软；痛苦将我们抓住，疼痛仿佛临产的妇人。
■"We, who were the tall pine of the forest, have become a feeble plant and need your protection" (Red Jacket).
“我们，森林中的高大松树，已经变成虚弱无力的植物，需要你们的保护” （莱德·杰克特）。
■"Oh yes, yes!" said Grace with feeble impatience.
“能的，能的
■One baby eagle made a feeble cry, which the other one even couldn't make.
一只小鹰发出微弱的叫声，而另外一只小鹰连这微弱的叫声也没有。
■The glass reflected a feeble, ungraceful figure and a thin face.
一向显得怏怏不乐的眼睛现在特别失望地对着镜子看自己。
■Silk go from the wellhead vertical wave buzzer, then discovered the bandits and immediately seize feeble upward Paqu.
一根蜂蛛丝从井口垂了下去，那大盗发现了，并立刻抓住游丝向上爬去。
■The LORD can still use feeble instrumentalities.Why not me?
上帝今日仍然使用柔弱卑微的器皿，为何不是我？
■Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky.
不稳的，虚弱的; 摇晃的
■It is better to wear oneself out with hard work than to become feeble through laziness and inactivity.
与其锈坏，不如用坏；与其闲死，不如忙死。
■For most of the past decade its economic growth has been feeble and its unemployment unacceptably high.
且看：在过去十年的大部分时间里，欧盟的经济增长微弱，失业率高的吓人。
■The bishop said it with a feeble voice as he woke.
主教醒过来，用虚弱的声音说出。
■Renewing then my courage, and gathering my feeble remains of strength, I pushed on.
于是我再次鼓起勇气，聚起我剩下的一点微弱的力量，继续往前走。
■Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
人不过是一根芦苇，万物中最柔弱的一种，但他是一根能思考的芦苇。
■Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.
人只不过是一根苇草，是自然界最脆弱的东西；但他是一根能思想的苇草。
■It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.
仅仅把弱者扶起来是不够的,还要在他站起来之后支持他。
■A feeble cry came from the next room.
从隔壁房间里传来低弱的叫喊声。
■He bleated out a feeble excuse.
他以微弱的声音作无力的辩解。
■They will take your feeble excuses apart.
他们会对你这经不起追究的借口严加考查的。
■They despised the feeble interference of the English Council of State.
他们对于英格兰议会的轻微干涉置之不理。
■Their zeal certainly undercuts Mr Abhisit's feeble efforts to buy Ragnarok Online Zeny unite a polarised nation.
他们的“爱国”狂热使阿披实先生弥合分裂社会的微弱努力显得徒劳。
■The plea, so often advanced, that this was because they did not like the foreign policy, was feeble.
他们经常提出辩解，说这是因为对外交政策不满，这种辩解是站不住脚的。
■He will take your feeble excuse apart.
他会把你的这种站不住脚的借口剖析得体无完肤。
■He broke in cursing the doctor, in a feeble voice, but heartily.
他却破口骂起医生来，声音很轻，但却很当真。
■I was surprised by how old and feeble he had become.
他变得这样老态龙钟，使我大吃一惊。
■He murmured yet once more,"Little Gervais!" But in a feeble and almost inarticulate voice.
他嘴里还念着:“小瑞尔威!”但是声音微弱,几乎不成字音。
■How feeble and pale he looked, amid all his triumph!
他在大获全胜之际，看起来是多么虚弱和苍白啊！
■He tapped on the pane with a very small and feeble knock.
他在玻璃窗上极轻地敲了一下。
■His sister, conscious of having been robbed of something, had set up a feeble wail.
他妹妹这时意识到有东西给抢走了，软弱地哭了几声。
■The indolent, the dissolute, and the feeble he was equally hard upon and tried to expel them from the community.
他对懒汉、二流子和软弱无能的人一概不姑息，尽可能把他们从集体驱逐出去。
■He is a man with a feeble personality.
他是个个性软弱的人。
■Instinct told him that to be feeble before her was not helping him.
他本能地感觉到，在她面前显得体力不济对自己很不利。
■His voice sounded feeble (harsh/soft/clear/shrill).
他的声音很弱(粗/柔和/清晰/尖锐)。
■His feeble excuses soon tailed off (into silence).
他的藉口站不住脚，很快就没词儿了(不作声了).
■But he broke in cursing the doctor, in a feeble voice, but heartily.
他立刻打断我的话，用虚弱的声音破口大骂起大夫来。
■He thought that voice more feeble than usual.
他觉得那个声音比往常微弱得多。
■What he was saying must sound both feeble and pretentious.
他说的话听起来一定很软弱空洞。
■He was lying on his sickbed with a feeble voice.
他躺在病床上，声音颤弱。
■His feeble arm dropped powerless down.
他那软弱的胳臂没力气地放了下来。
■He had a sort of feeble thrill.
他隐隐感到有些激动。
■He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
他领自己的百姓带银子金子出来。他支派中没有一个软弱的。
■With your feeble moral standard?
以你脆弱的道德标准?
■ELIZA(with feeble defiance): I've a right to be here if I like, same as you.
伊莉莎：如果我愿意，我有权利呆在这儿，像你一样。
■Don't it remind you just how feeble we are?
会不会觉得我们其实很脆弱?
■Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
伟大的灵魂拥有意志，而软弱的灵魂只有愿望。
■But if you put Western-style classic bedroom furniture, that one simple suction dome light appears very " feeble ".
但假如您摆放了西式的古典卧室家具，那一只简简单单的吸顶灯就显得很“单薄”了。
■But in winter, although have the illuminate of sunshine, inornate chair still can appear too too feeble.
但在冬季，即使有阳光的照射，不加修饰的椅子仍会显得太过单薄。
■It is a pity, then, that her scholarship is let down by feeble illustrations.
但遗憾的是，她的讲解因缺少图解而不尽完美。