Feeble

(adj.) lacking strength; 'a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude'- Nathaniel Hawthorne .

(adj.) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; 'a feeble excuse'; 'a lame argument' .

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• He laughed heartily at my feeble portrait of that gentleman, and said he was a man to know, and he must know him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Her mother seemed more than usually feeble. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I think so, Mas'r, said Tom; the poor crittur's sick and feeble; 't would be downright cruel, and it's what I never will do, nor begin to. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I do not speak to the feeble, or think of them: I address only such as are worthy of the work, and competent to accomplish it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• You are very feeble. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The term you use,' said Mr. Brownlow, sternly, 'is a reproach to those long since passed beyond the feeble censure of the world. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• On the other hand, Galton, after his classical study of mental imagery (1883), stated that scientific men, as a class, have feeble powers of visual representat ion. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• And so, under a short grove of feebler and feebler over-swinging lamps, out under the great grove of stars. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Joe's station and influence were something feebler (if possible) when there was company than when there was none. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• At the sound, the feebler spirit of Emmeline gave way; and, laying hold of Cassy's arm, she said, O, Cassy, I'm going to faint! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In this way a much feebler current would be able to excite the magnet, and the recorder would mark at a much greater distance. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The feeblest imaginable current suffices to deflect the needle in one direction, which throws back the little beam of light upon it to the graduated front of the scale. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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