faintly

1. ADJ-GRADED (声音、颜色、标记、感觉或特性)微弱的，暗淡的，虚弱的
   A faint sound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity.
   1. He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping...
      他开始注意到轻微的水滴声。
   2. The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco...
      房间内有烟斗烟丝的淡淡馨香。
   3. He could see faint lines in her face...
      他可以看见她脸上的细纹。
   4. There was still the faint hope deep within him that she might never need to know.
      他内心深处仍怀有一丝隐约的希望：她也许永远不必知晓。
2. ADJ-GRADED 不尽力的;敷衍的;半心半意的
   A faint attempt at something is one that is made without proper effort and with little enthusiasm.
   1. Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh...
      卡罗琳敷衍地笑了一下。
   2. A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly...
      一丝敷衍的微笑从那位大人脸上掠过，很快就消失了。
   3. Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic.
      10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。
3. VERB 晕厥;晕倒
   If you faint, you lose consciousness for a short time, especially because you are hungry, or because of pain, heat, or shock.
   1. She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted...
      她突然向前栽倒在桌上，晕了过去。
   2. I thought he'd faint when I kissed him.
      我以为吻他的时候他会晕倒呢。
   3. Faint is also a noun.
      
   4. She slumped to the ground in a faint.
      她一阵晕眩，跌倒在地。
4. ADJ-GRADED 晕眩的;虚弱无力的
   Someone who is faint feels weak and unsteady as if they are about to lose consciousness.
   1. Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath.
      心绞痛的其他征兆有恶心、出汗、头昏和气短。

1. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
   山坡下面，野山羊咩咩地轻声叫着。
2. Hugh and John were exchanging faintly barbed courtesies.
   休和约翰正说着带有相互挤兑意味的客气话。
3. The moon glimmered faintly through the mists.
   月亮透过薄雾洒下微光。
4. The woman moaned faintly but made no intelligible response.
   那个女人发出微弱的呻吟声，却没有作出任何有意义的反应。
5. The still air smelt faintly of furniture polish.
   凝滞的空气中隐隐有股家具上光剂的味道。
6. The old man smiled faintly at his neighbor and slowly walked in.
   老人朝邻居淡淡地一笑，慢慢走了进去。
7. Why do you whisper so faintly in my ears, O Death, my Death?
   你为什么这样低声地对我耳语，呵，死亡，我的死亡？
8. From his bed the dreadfully burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother.
   这个被严重烧伤、处于昏迷状态的小男孩躺在他的病床上，模模糊糊地听到医生正在和他的母亲说话。
9. Daisy rose, smiling faintly, and went to the table.
   黛西站了起来，微微一笑，走到桌子前面。
10. Suddenly heard faintly talking in the living room.
    忽然隐隐约约地听到有人在客厅里说话。
11. In my dream I was faintly aware that he came back.
    睡梦中，我恍惚听见他回来了。
12. Once again we saw her facial movement and heard her voice faintly.
    可我们又一次看到她的脸在动，又一次听到了她微弱的声音。
13. It sank in the bed where getting warm faintly remained and it collapsed.
    它下沉了在床得到温暖微弱地保留的地方并且它崩溃了。
14. He faintly heard the drumbeats and the shouting of dancers in the distance.
    他隐隐听到远处的鼓声和跳舞者的喊叫声。
15. A faintly comic figure, he fears ridicule above all else.
    他是个不怎么滑稽的人物，最害怕被人嘲笑。
16. "Broad meander valley"& suddenly this concept jumped out at him, and he smiled faintly.
    曲流宽谷，突然一个概念跳了出来，他不禁微微笑了。
17. He stroked his beautiful white beard, and smiled faintly.
    他捋了一把他那美丽的白髯，淡淡地笑了一笑。
18. "Are you still hungry?" I asked faintly.
    “你还饿吗？”我有气无力地问道。
19. He stopped and smiled faintly, shivering a little as the cold wind went through his thin shirt.
    说到这里他停了下来，浅浅地一笑，同时因风寒衣薄而微微颤抖。
20. His voice came faintly to us.
    他的声音微弱地传到我们这儿。
21. She smiled faintly at him; it was a frigid greeting.
    她对他淡淡一笑，那是一种冷漠的问候。
22. He could hear them talking faintly in the other room.
    他能听到他们在另一间屋里轻声地谈话。
23. Her face hung just under his, yielded and worshiping, her swollen lips parted and faintly red.
    她的脸挂在他的脸下面，屈服着，虔诚着，她膨胀的嘴唇分开着，无力而红红的。
24. She was faintly bemused by his questions.
    她对他的问题感到有点儿困惑不解。
25. He enunciated, quietly, but in something like his usual modulated and faintly histrionic tone.
    他清晰地说，虽然是轻声的，却依旧是他平时那种抑扬有致，微微带些戏剧性的声调。
26. She turned and smiled faintly.
    她转过身微微一笑。
27. I remembered faintly that my first picture was praised by the teacher, in which there was a lovely and flocky bird.
    我还依稀记得，我的第一幅画，就受到了老师的表扬，那是我画了一只羽翼未丰的小鸟，毛茸茸的，可爱极了。
28. But I find the idea faintly encouraging: a little healthy competition never did anyone any harm.
    但我发现这种想法有那么点儿令人鼓舞：一点健康的竞争对谁都没有害处。
29. I could faintly hear the distant rumble of traffic.
    我能隐约听到远处车辆的隆隆声。
30. Fortunately someone was in the house, because I could hear music playing faintly.
    幸好屋里有人，因为我听得到微弱的音乐演奏声。

adv

1. to a faint degree or weakly perceived
   1. between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly
   2. stars shining faintly through the overcast
   3. could hear his distant shouts only faintly
   4. the rumors weren't even faintly true