weak是什么意思_weak怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress;"a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"
"a weak stress on the second syllable"

wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;"I"m only a fallible human"
"frail humanity"

tending downward in price;"a weak market for oil stocks"

deficient or lacking in some skill;"he"s weak in spelling"

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;"a feeble old woman"
"her body looked sapless"

(used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

not having authority, political strength, or governing power;"a weak president"

deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc;"a faint outline"
"the wan sun cast faint shadows"
"the faint light of a distant candle"
"weak colors"
"a faint hissing sound"
"a faint aroma"
"a weak pulse"

likely to fail under stress or pressure;"the weak link in the chain"

deficient in intelligence or mental power;"a weak mind"

中英词源

weak 瘦弱

来自PIE*weik,弯，转，词源同week,wench.引申义柔软的，没有力量的，瘦弱的。

weak: weak: [13] Etymologically, something that is weak is ‘bendable’. The word was borrowed from Old Norse veikr. This was descended from prehistoric Germanic *waikwaz, which also produced German weich and Dutch week ‘soft’. And this in turn was formed from *waikw-, *wikw- ‘give way, yield’, a derivative of the base *wik- ‘bend’, which also produced the witch of English witch hazel [16] (etymologically the hazel with ‘bendy’ branches) and possibly English week.
weak (adj.): c. 1300, from Old Norse veikr "weak," cognate with Old English wac "weak, pliant, soft," from Proto-Germanic *waikwa- "yield" (cognates: Old Saxon wek, Swedish vek, Middle Dutch weec, Dutch week "weak, soft, tender," Old High German weih "yielding, soft," German weich "soft"), from PIE root *weik- (4) "to bend, wind" (see vicarious).

Sense of "lacking authority" is first recorded early 15c.; that of "lacking moral strength" late 14c. In grammar, denoting a verb inflected by regular syllabic addition rather than by change of the radical vowel, from 1833. Related: Weakly. Weak-kneed "wanting in resolve" is from 1870.

词态变化

比较级 weaker;
最高级 weakest;

权威造句

1. His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.: 他的手没劲儿，扳不动左轮手枪的扳机。

2. Matt is weak and dependent, but you love him all the same.: 马特软弱无能且依赖性强，但我们照样爱他。

3. Despite some artful editing, the anthology is a weak one.: 除了编辑上的一些巧妙之处，这本选集乏善可陈。

4. Strong winds can turn boats when the tide is weak.: 潮水小的时候强风可以让船只改变航向。

5. The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.: 这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。

近反义词

delicate

feeble

fragile

frail

infirm

weakened

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相似短语

be weak of 在…很弱,不善于…

be weak on 在…很弱,不善于…

be weak in 差,不擅长于...

as weak 喝得酩酊大醉[穷得身无分文,弱得毫无气力]

weak weld 不强固焊缝

as weak as water adv.极虚弱

a weak link 薄弱环节

leptonic weak process 轻子弱过程

inorganic weak acid 无机弱酸

weak external reference 弱外部引用（=WXIRN）一种在连接编辑过程中不必求解连接的外部引用。当没有对这种引用进行求解时，则其值被视为零。

单词分析

这些形容词均有“虚弱的，乏力的”之意。
weak普通用词，指缺乏应有的力量，可用于身体、意志或精神。
feeble指身体衰弱无力，精力几乎耗尽，含令人怜悯的意味。
frail多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
fragile可与frail换用，但语气强，侧重脆弱，指人容易生病，指物容易破碎。

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