(of a person)affected, over-refined, and ineffectual
(人)矫揉造作的;无用的
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effete trendies from art college .艺术学院的矫揉造作、赶时髦的人。
no longer capable of effective action
衰弱的,无能的
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the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle .没落贵族的权力开始减弱。
"early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘no longer fertile, past bearing young’): from Latin