weakness
英 ['wiːknɪs]
美 ['wiknəs]
英文词源
- weakness (n.)
- c. 1300, "quality of being weak," from weak + -ness. Meaning "a disadvantage, vulnerability" is from 1590s. That of "self-indulgent fondness" is from 1712; meaning "thing for which one has an indulgent fondness" is from 1822.
双语例句
- 1. This can lead to bodily weakness and muscle wastage.
- 这样可能会导致身体虚弱和肌肉萎缩。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I would overcome any weakness, any despair, any fear.
- 我要克服所有的软弱、绝望和恐惧。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He might have let something slip in a moment of weakness.
- 他可能一时大意说漏了嘴。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The pound's weakness compounded the widespread gloom in the City.
- 英镑的疲软加重了笼罩在伦敦金融区上空的惨淡愁云。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The Law recognises the weakness of claims based on retrospective knowledge.
- 法律基于追溯效力的相关规定认定索赔证据不足。
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