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单词 effete
分类 英汉词典
释义
词典释义:
effete
GRE
英 [ɪˈfiːt]
美 [əˈfit]

adj. 矫揉造作的;无用的;衰弱的;无能的

双语例句
  • With nothing to do all day the aristocracy had grown effete and lazy.

    贵族们终日无所事事 变得四体不勤 懒散乏力

  • Effete heart needs a moment rest.

    疲惫的心灵也需要片刻的停歇。

  • No one therefore can accuse mr webb of being an effete peacenik.

    因此,没有人能指责韦伯是一位没有血性的反战分子。

  • During the middle ages Greek civilization declined and became effete.

    希腊文明在中世纪衰败并变得没落。

  • During the middle ages, Greek civilization declined and became effete.

    在中世纪期间,希腊文明开始衰落直至衰败。

  • During the middle ages, Greek civilization declined and became effete .

    在中世纪期间,希腊文明开始衰落直至衰败。

近义词
adj.
exhausteddecrepit
释义
adj.

(of a person)affected, over-refined, and ineffectual

(人)矫揉造作的;无用的

  • 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

  • the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle.

    没落贵族的权力开始减弱。

词源

"early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘no longer fertile, past bearing young’): from Latin effetus ‘worn out by bearing young', from ex- ‘out' + fetus ‘breeding'; related to FETUS."

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