weakling

英 ['wi?kl??] 美['wikl??]
  • n. 虛弱的人;懦怯者
  • adj. 虛弱的;懦弱的

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?weaklings;

英文詞源


weakling (n.)
1520s, coined by Tyndale from weak (adj.) + -ling as a loan-translation of Luther's Weichling "effeminate man" (from German weich "soft") in I Cor. vi.9, where the Greek is malakoi, from malakos "soft, soft to the touch," "Like the Lat. mollis, metaph. and in a bad sense: effeminate, of a catamite, a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness" ["Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament"].

雙語例句


1. I'm a useless weakling, and I can't stand excitement.
我沒有膽量去承受那激動, 我還是希望我能不見著他.

來自漢英文學(xué) - 中國現(xiàn)代小說

2. What a weakling, how boring!
就這么稀松沒勁 呀 !

來自漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子

3. The author characterizes the central figure as a weakling.
作者把書中的中心人物描繪成一個(gè)懦弱的人.

來自辭典例句

4. The governor in Algeria, Chatel, was a weakling.
阿爾及利亞省長卓脫爾是個(gè)懦弱者.

來自辭典例句

5. You are a miserable weakling.
你是一個(gè)可憐的弱者.

來自辭典例句