feebly

adv.  衰弱地;微弱地;无力地

BNC.20818 / COCA.22219



柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 虚弱的;微弱的;无力的
    If you describe someone or something as feeble, 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
  2. ADJ-GRADED 软弱的;懦弱的
    If you describe someone as feeble, 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
  3. ADJ-GRADED 牵强的;不太可信的
    If you describe something that someone says as feeble, 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。

双语例句

  1. His wilful hands and feet began to beat and churn about, spasmodically and feebly.
    他顽强的手和脚开始痉挛地微弱地挣扎和划动。
  2. "But, Madame," said Cosette, feebly," there is no water."
    “可是,太太,”珂赛特细声说,“水已经没有了。”
  3. As Marius was withdrawing, after concluding his inspection, he heard his name pronounced feebly in the darkness.
    马吕斯视察了一番,正要回去时,他听见一个人在黑暗中有气无力地喊着他的名字。
  4. He could not but recall how feebly, and with what frequent pauses for breath, he had toiled over the same ground, only two days before.
    他不禁忆起仅仅在两天之前,在他一路辛辛苦苦地沿着这同样的途径走来时,他是多么地周身无力,气喘吁吁,走不上两步就要停下来喘上一口气。
  5. Tess's honest nature had fought against this, but too feebly, and the natural result had followed.
    苔丝天性极其忠厚,但是要去同爱情搏斗又未免力量太弱小了,所以后来的结果是自然而然的。
  6. Our spinning planet is heated strongly at the equator, feebly at the poles.
    我们这个旋转着的行星在赤道处受热很强烈,而在两极很微弱。
  7. Melanie nodded her head feebly and gestured toward the baby.
    眉兰虚弱地点了点头,并且向那孩子做了做手势。
  8. Instead of the cleanly glued-up floor, swept by the bees'wings, there are now bits of wax, excrement, dying bees feebly kicking, and dead bees lying not cleared away on the floor.
    再不见涂了一层蜡并由蜂翅扇得干干净净的底板,在底板只有蜂房的碎块,粪便,半死的偶尔伸伸腿的蜜蜂及死后而来消除的蜜蜂。
  9. The dog whimpered feebly and held up its injured paw.
    那狗无力地呜咽着,举起它受伤的脚爪。
  10. 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。
  11. The bird feebly beat its wings.
    这鸟无力地拍动着翅膀。
  12. I can do this, I lied to myself feebly.
    我能做到这一点,我对自己说谎无力。
  13. 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。
  14. "Ashley," said Melanie feebly and her fingers reached out to touch scarlett's bowed head.
    “艾希礼,”媚兰气息奄奄地说,一面将手指伸到思嘉那伏着的头上。
  15. Feebly she made her way onto the front porch and sank down on the top step.
    她十分吃力地摸到前边走廊里,在顶上一级台阶颓然坐下。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. "You are infringing on my rights as a patient," Malcolm Smith objected feebly.
    “你侵犯了我作为病人的权利,”马尔科姆.史密斯无力地抗议道。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. Machinery slackened; throbbing feebly like a fainting pulse; stopped.
    机器慢下来了;震动得象微弱的脉搏那样无力;最后停止了。
  22. 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。
  23. The lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway.
    在挪威西北部海岸雨雪夹杂的、满是岩石的背景的映衬之下,灯塔发出了暗淡的光。
  24. To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.
    苟延残喘临死前无力地存活。
  25. Its profits contribute a third of government revenue, allowing Mexico to maintain a generous and feebly enforced tax regime.
    其利润提供了政府财政收入的三分之一,这允许墨西哥保持了一个慷慨和毫无生气的强制性的税收制度。
  26. Our hero feebly answered, Yes, and then they stood him up.
    我们的英雄虚弱的回答“是的”,然后他们推他站起来。
  27. "My little Pearl," said he, feebly and there was a sweet and gentle smile over his face, as of a spirit sinking into deep repose; Nothing makes a person smile like a compliment, so try to fill your vocabulary with these sweet words!
    我的小珠儿,他有气无力地说&他的脸上泛起甜蜜而温柔的微笑,似是即将沉沉酣睡;恭维的话语最容易令人微笑了,那么就将这些甜言蜜语收到你的词汇库里吧!
  28. It was feebly trying to free its wings and legs.
    当时它正软弱无力地挣扎试图摆脱缠着它翅膀和腿的蛛丝。
  29. 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。
  30. Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker.
    燃烧的不稳定,非常微弱,不剧烈;闪动。

英英释义

adv

  1. in a halting and feeble manner
    1. reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win

  2. in a faint and feeble manner
    1. the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway