imbecility的意思

imbecility

英 [,ɪmbɪ'sɪlətɪ] 美 [,ɪmbə'sɪləti]

imbecility (n.): early 15c., "physical weakness, feebleness (of a body part), impotence," from Middle French imbécillité and directly from Latin imbecillitatem (nominative imbecillitas) "weakness, feebleness," from imbecillus "weak, feeble," traditionally said to mean "unsupported" (quasi sine baculo), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + baculum "a stick" (see bacillus). "Weakness in mind" (as opposed to body) was a secondary sense in Latin but was not attested in English until 1620s.

1. We commented adversely upon the imbecility of that message of telegraphic style.: 我们对着这条电报式的愚蠢的留言发泄了一通不满.