weakness

英 ['wi?kn?s] 美['wikn?s]
  • n. 弱點(diǎn)；軟弱；嗜好
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?weaknesses;

英文詞源

weakness (n.)
c. 1300, "quality of being weak," from weak + -ness. Meaning "a disadvantage, vulnerability" is from 1590s. That of "self-indulgent fondness" is from 1712; meaning "thing for which one has an indulgent fondness" is from 1822.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. This can lead to bodily weakness and muscle wastage.
這樣可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致身體虛弱和肌肉萎縮。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.
我要克服所有的軟弱、絕望和恐懼。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. He might have let something slip in a moment of weakness.
他可能一時(shí)大意說(shuō)漏了嘴。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The pound's weakness compounded the widespread gloom in the City.
英鎊的疲軟加重了籠罩在倫敦金融區(qū)上空的慘淡愁云。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. The Law recognises the weakness of claims based on retrospective knowledge.
法律基于追溯效力的相關(guān)規(guī)定認(rèn)定索賠證據(jù)不足。

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