infirm
英 [?n'f??m]
美[?n'f?m]
- adj. 衰弱的；意志薄弱的；不堅固的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
1. in- "not, opposite of" + firm.
2. => not firm, not strong, unhealthy, weak.
2. => not firm, not strong, unhealthy, weak.
中文詞源
infirm 體弱的，生病的
in-,不，非，firm,固定的，堅實(shí)的。引申詞義體弱的，生病的。
英文詞源
- infirm (adj.)
- late 14c., "weak, unsound" (of things), from Latin infirmus "weak, frail, feeble" (figuratively "superstitious, pusillanimous, inconstant"), from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + firmus (see firm (adj.)). Of persons, "not strong, unhealthy," first recorded c. 1600. As a noun from 1711.
雙語例句
- 1. We are here to protect and assist the weak and infirm.
- 我們來這里保護(hù)、幫助年邁體弱者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. care for the elderly and infirm
- 對年老體弱者的照顧
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. He was over eighty years of age, infirm and totally blind.
- 他八十多歲了,身體虛弱, 雙目失明.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. His already infirm body was racked by high fever.
- 他已經(jīng)很虛弱的身體受著高燒的折磨。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Let the sails be rags and the sailors infirm and sickly.
- 讓帆布千瘡百孔,水手老弱病殘!
來自辭典例句