weak, feeble, frail, fragile

形容詞 weak:

1. having little physical or spiritual strength
2. overly diluted; thin and insipid
   同義詞：watery, washy
3. used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress
   同義詞：unaccented, light
4. having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
   同義詞：fallible, frail, imperfect
5. tending downward in price
6. deficient or lacking in some skill
7. lacking physical strength or vitality
   同義詞：decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly
8. (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
9. not having authority, political strength, or governing power
10. deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
    同義詞：faint
11. likely to fail under stress or pressure
12. deficient in intelligence or mental power

1. The small weak child became the scorn of the class.
   這個(gè)瘦小軟弱的孩子成為全班嘲笑的對(duì)象。
2. Your argument is too weak to convince me.
   你的論點(diǎn)太薄弱了，說(shuō)服不了我。

weak

adj.（形容詞）
weak.er,weak.est
Lacking physical strength, energy, or vigor; feeble.
無(wú)力的：缺少體力、能量或精力的；虛弱無(wú)力的
Likely to fail under pressure, stress, or strain; lacking resistance:
不牢固的：壓力、擠壓或拉緊之下易壞的；缺少抵抗的：
例句：
a weak link in a chain.
鏈條中薄弱的一環(huán)

Lacking firmness of character or strength of will.
意志薄弱的：缺乏堅(jiān)強(qiáng)性格或意志力量的
Lacking the proper strength or amount of ingredients:
成分稀少的：缺少適當(dāng)力量或應(yīng)有成分之?dāng)?shù)量的：
例句：
weak coffee.
淡咖啡

Lacking the ability to function normally or fully:
功能差的：缺乏正?；虺浞制鹱饔玫哪芰Φ模?/br>例句：
a weak heart.
內(nèi)心軟弱

Lacking aptitude or skill:
差的：缺乏能力或技能的：
例句：
a weak student; weak in math.
功課不好的學(xué)生；數(shù)學(xué)差

Lacking or resulting from a lack of intelligence.
笨的：缺少智謀或缺少智謀導(dǎo)致的
Lacking persuasiveness; unconvincing:
缺乏說(shuō)服力的；無(wú)說(shuō)服力的：
例句：
a weak argument.
無(wú)力的辯論

Lacking authority or the power to govern.
無(wú)權(quán)的：缺少權(quán)威或統(tǒng)治權(quán)的
Lacking potency or intensity:
淡的：缺乏能力或劇烈度的：
例句：
weak sunlight.
淡淡的陽(yáng)光

Linguistics
【語(yǔ)言學(xué)】
Of, relating to, or being those verbs in Germanic languages that form a past tense and past participle by means of a dental suffix, asstart, started; have, had; bring, brought.
弱變化的：日耳曼語(yǔ)言中用齒音后綴構(gòu)成過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞之動(dòng)詞的或與之有關(guān)的，如start, started; have, had; bring, brought
Of, relating to, or being the inflection of nouns or adjectives in Germanic languages with a declensional suffix that historically contained ann.
字尾變化的：日耳曼語(yǔ)系中有含n. 變格后綴之名詞或形容詞屈折形式的或與之有關(guān)的
Unstressed or unaccented in pronunciation or poetic meter. Used of a word or syllable.
非重讀的：在發(fā)音或詩(shī)節(jié)中不重讀的。用于一個(gè)詞或音節(jié)
Designating a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that is unstressed in normal speech, such as a preposition.
弱讀結(jié)尾的：詩(shī)節(jié)結(jié)尾重讀落在正常非重讀單詞或音節(jié)，如介詞
Tending downward in price:
下跌的：價(jià)格上有下降之趨勢(shì)的：
例句：
a weak market for oil stocks.
石油股票有下跌趨勢(shì)

來(lái)源：
Middle English weike
中古英語(yǔ) weike
from Old Norse veikr [pliant] * see weik- 2
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語(yǔ) veikr [易彎曲的] *參見(jiàn) weik- 2

<參考詞匯><同義詞>weak,feeble,frail,fragile,infirm,decrepit,debilitatedThese adjectives mean lacking or showing a lack of strength.
這些形容詞表示缺乏力量的或顯示出力量缺乏的。
Weak, the most widely applicable, implies lack of physical, mental, or spiritual strength or deficiency of will or purpose:
Weak 是最廣泛應(yīng)用的，表明缺少體力上的、智力上的或精神上力量的或意志力和目的意識(shí)不足的：
例句：
.These poor wretches . . . were so weak they could hardly sit to their oars. (Daniel Defoe).
.這些可憐的窮人…那么虛弱以致幾乎不能坐到他們的槳那里. （丹尼爾·笛福）。

例句：
.Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one`s mind. (W. Somerset Maugham).
.象所有可憐的人一樣，他把過(guò)分的壓力加諸于不改變想法. (W.索默塞特·馬海姆）。

Feeble suggests pathetic or grievous physical or mental weakness or hopeless inadequacy:
Feeble 表明可憐的、悲慘的體力上或智力上的虛弱或沒(méi)有希望的不足：
例句：
a feeble patient;
虛弱的病人；

例句：
a feeble intellect;
弱智；

例句：
a feeble effort.
無(wú)用的努力。

例句：
.We, who were the tall pine of the forest, have become a feeble plant and need your protection. (Red Jacket).
.我們，森林中的高大松樹(shù)，已經(jīng)變成虛弱無(wú)力的植物，需要你們的保護(hù). （萊德·杰克特）。

Frail implies delicacy, as of constitution, or lack of ability to endure or withstand:
Frail 表明易損或缺乏持久能力的，如建筑：
例句：
.an aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,/In blast-beruffled plume. (Thomas Hardy).
.一只脆弱、瘦削且小巧，被風(fēng)吹亂羽毛的老鶇. （托馬斯·哈代）。

例句：
.Frail is our happiness, if this be so. (John Milton).What isfragile is easily broken, damaged, or destroyed:
.脆弱是我們的幸福，如果真是那樣的話. （約翰·彌爾頓）。Fragile 的意思是易折斷的、易受損的或被毀壞的；

例句：
.a fragile dewdrop. (John Keats).
.易碎的露珠. （約翰·濟(jì)慈）。

例句：
.This city is for the King, whose body is fragile,a very unhealthy city. (Lord Dunsany).
.這座城市是為軀體脆弱的國(guó)王準(zhǔn)備的，一座非常不健康的城. （頓薩尼勛爵）。

Infirm implies enfeeblement:
Infirm 表明易碎：
例句：
.a poor, infirm, weak, and despis`d old man. (Shakespeare).
.一個(gè)可憐的、蹣跚的、虛弱的且被人看不起的老人. （莎士比亞）。

Decrepit describes what is weakened, worn out, or broken down by hard use or the passage of time:
Decrepit 是描述由于過(guò)多使用或時(shí)間長(zhǎng)而被弱化、磨損或毀壞的東西：
例句：
.childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. (Francis Quarles).
.童年，成年和老年. （弗朗西斯·闊勒斯）。

Debilitated suggests a gradual impairment of energy or strength:
Debilitated 表明能量或力量的逐漸損失：
例句：
Her already debilitated constitution is being further weakened by overwork and smoking.
她那本已虛弱的身體由于勞累過(guò)度和抽煙而變得更弱了