weak

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1709 ★★★★☆

a. 不牢固的, 弱的, 虚弱的, 软弱的, 无力的, 无权力的, (论据等)不充分的 [经] 疲软的

发音

UK /wi(ː)k/
US /wi(ː)k/

词形变化

weaker 比较级 weaker weakest weakest 最高级

别名

wk. weake

教材释义与例句

形容词

[经] 疲软的；虚弱的；无力的；不牢固的

not physically strong

The illness left her feeling weak.

疾病使她感到身体虚弱。

Poor light produces weak plants.

光照不足，植物就生长不好。

The animal was weak from loss of blood.

那只动物因失血而虚弱无力。

释义与例句

adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

    弱

    微弱

    软弱

    虚弱

    The child was too weak to move the boulder.

    They easily guessed his weak computer password.

  2. 2.

    Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.

    a weak timber; a weak rope

  3. 3.

    Limp, soft.

  4. 4.

    Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.

    weak resolutions; weak virtue

  5. 5.

    Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.

  6. 6.

    Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.

    We were served stale bread and weak tea.

  7. 7.

    Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:

    Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.

    语言学
  8. 8.

    Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:

    Showing less distinct grammatical endings.

    语言学
  9. 9.

    Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:

    Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.

    语言学
  10. 10.

    That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.

    化学

    a weak acid

    a weak base

    When we say that an acid is weak, we refer only to its degree of dissociation, not to its degree of corrosiveness; but it is true that those two traits often correlate, though.

  11. 11.

    One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

    物理
  12. 12.

    Bad or uncool.

    俚语

    This place is weak.

  13. 13.

    Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)

    数学 哲学
  14. 14.

    Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

  15. 15.

    Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.

    The prosecution advanced a weak case.

  16. 16.

    Lacking in vigour or expression.

    a weak sentence; a weak style

  17. 17.

    Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

  18. 18.

    Tending towards lower prices.

    商务 金融

    a weak market; wheat is weak at present

  19. 19.

    Lacking contrast.

    艺术

    a weak negative

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

light faint feeble frail weakly imperfect watery decrepit rickety infirm

反义词 1

strong

近义相关 10

down stupid sick human regular lame vulnerable pale faint limp

参见 5

delicate tender powerless frail untoughened

相关短语

weak nuclear force 弱核力 weak nuclear weak nuclear interaction 弱相互作用 weak declension weak sister <美口>没有男子气魄的人, 胆小怕事的人, （关键时刻）靠不住的人 weak sisters weak nuclear forces weak nuclear interactions weak in the knees weak force [物] 弱相互作用(基本粒子之间的一种基本相互作用) weak interaction [化] 弱相互作用 weak verb weak verbs weak copyleft weak tea

词源

From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, wind”). Cognate with Old English wāc (“weak, bendsome”), Saterland Frisian wook (“soft, gentle, tender”), West Frisian weak (“soft”), Dutch week (“soft, weak”), German weich (“weak, soft”), Norwegian veik (“weak”), Swedish vek (“weak, pliant”), Icelandic veikur (“bendsome, weak”). Related to Old English wīcan (“to yield”). Doublet of week and wick.

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