词源记忆法
im-,不,非,bec-,支撑,杆,词源同bachelor,bacillus.即无支撑的,虚弱的,后来词义恶化为笨蛋,弱智。
She thought that only an imbecile would keep at something that doomed to be a failure.
明知注定要失败还要执着,她认为只有傻子才会这么做.
来源:网络文摘精选Perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps imbecile through fear, malnutrition, and neglect.
可能是天生缺陷或者通过恐惧, 营养不良和忽视.
来源:网络文摘精选Psychology The state or condition of being an imbecile; moderate or severe mental retardation.
低能、弱智的状态或情况; 中度或严重智力障碍.
来源:网络文摘精选One might have laughed at the farcical, imbecile measures that were taken to relieve it.
他们对所采取的这些滑稽而愚蠢的解救措施一定会忍不住大笑起来.
来源:词典精选例句我 倒 想狠狠地摇撼你, 就因为你的可鄙的奸诈, 和你那低能的奇想.
来源:词典精选例句He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession.
他这个人不错, 虽然就他的本行来说,他纯粹是个笨蛋.
来源:词典精选例句In some respects she was a little bit of a imbecile, in that nothing was sacred.
她在不少事情上都缺少一种道德观, 在她的眼里,没有一样东西是神圣的.
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