limply

1. VERB 一瘸一拐地走；跛行；蹒跚
   If a person or animal limps, they walk with difficulty or in an uneven way because one of their legs or feet is hurt.
   1. I wasn't badly hurt, but I injured my thigh and had to limp...
      我伤得不重，但一条大腿伤到了，只好一瘸一拐地走。
   2. He had to limp off with a leg injury.
      他腿上有伤，离开时只能一瘸一拐地走。
   3. Limp is also a noun.
      
   4. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.
      手术后她的膝盖活动不便，走路时被迫跛行。
2. VERB 进展缓慢；艰难地行进
   If you say that something such as an organization, process, or vehicle limps along, you mean that it continues slowly or with difficulty, for example because it has been weakened or damaged.
   1. In recent years the newspaper had been limping along on limited resources...
      近年来这家报社一直在靠有限的资源艰难维持。
   2. A British battleship, which had been damaged severely in the battle of Crete, came limping into Pearl Harbor.
      一艘在克里特岛战役中严重受损的英国战舰艰难缓慢地驶进珍珠港。
3. ADJ-GRADED 软弱的；无力的
   If you describe something as limp, you mean that it is soft or weak when it should be firm or strong.
   1. She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes...
      她被告知要回绝掉那些握手软弱无力的申请者。
   2. A residue can build up on the hair shaft, leaving the hair limp and dull looking.
      残留物会积聚在头发上，使头发看起来软塌塌的，而且毫无光泽。
4. ADJ-GRADED 四肢无力的；身体一动不动的
   If someone is limp, their body has no strength and is not moving, for example because they are asleep or unconscious.
   1. He carried her limp body into the room and laid her on the bed...
      他把绵软无力的她抱进房间，放在床上。
   2. He hit his head against a rock and went limp.
      他的头撞到一块岩石上，身子软了下来。

1. Your arms can rest limply at your side.
   双手背可轻轻地在身旁放松。
2. I suppose you're right, he conceded limply.
   我想你是对的，他软弱无力地承认道。
3. Hung-chien limply implored Miss Su not to see him home.
   鸿渐有气无力地恳请苏小姐别送自己。
4. A gray sweater hung limply on Tommy's empty desk, a reminder of the dejected boy who had just followed his classmates from our third-grade room.
   一件灰色套衫搭在汤米的空桌上，让人想起这个情绪低落的男孩，他刚随同学从三年级教室出去。
5. They must have gotten tired because towards the end half of them were limply shuffling their feet and arms.
   她们一定很累了，因为到到最后，差不多一半人的都在软绵无力的摇曳她们的胳膊和脚了。
6. Her hair hung limply over her forehead.
   她的头发蓬松地垂在前额上。
7. Her fine hair hung limply with a thin fringe and she wore unflattering glasses.
   她披著一头细细柔软的发丝，薄薄的刘海，还戴一副不起眼的眼镜。
8. Diarrhoea, giddy, limply be what to disease get?
   腹泻、头晕、四肢无力是得什么病了？
9. He lay on his back limply, as though all the strength had gone out of his limbs, and presently I saw that he had fallen asleep.
   他浑身瘫软地仰面躺着，好象四肢的力量都已枯竭，没过一会儿便昏昏沉沉地睡着了。
10. All this helps to explain why Mr Gingrich is polling rather limply, despite his high name-recognition.
    这一切有助于解释为什么金瑞奇先生获得的民意支持较弱，尽管他有着较高的声望。
11. A woman brought her pet duck to the vet, he wasn't moving and lay limply in her arms.
    一位女士带她的宠物鸭子看兽医，它一动不动软软地躺在她的手臂上。
12. I knock limply on the door and open it.
    我手脚发软地敲了敲门，然后开了门。

adv

1. without rigidity
   1. the body was hanging limply from the tree