imbecile

英 ['ɪmbɪsiːl] 美 ['ɪmbɪsaɪl]
  • n. 低能者;愚蠢的人
  • adj. 低能的;愚笨的;虚弱的

助记提示


1. Etymologically imbecile means 'without support, unsupported', hence 'weak'.
2. Anyone or anything without a stick or staff for support is by extension weak, and so it came to mean 'weak, feeble'.
3. in- "not, opposite of" + baculum "a stick" (see bacillus, bacteria).

双语例句


1. It was an imbecile thing to do.
这么做很愚蠢。

来自柯林斯例句

2. For two years that imbecile threw his money away like this.
两年来那个傻瓜就像这样挥霍钱财.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Did you ever see anything so imbecile as her mother?
象她母亲那样无用的人,你说少见不少见?

来自辞典例句

4. He was an imbecile to sign a contract with them.
他跟他们签合同,真是愚不可及.

来自辞典例句

5. I've very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit.
我 倒 想狠狠地摇撼你, 就因为你的可鄙的奸诈, 和你那低能的奇想.

来自辞典例句

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