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weaker 音标拼音: [w'ikɚ] adj. 较弱的 较弱的 Weak \ Weak\ ( w[= e] k), a. [ Compar. { Weaker} ( w[= e] k"[~ e] r); superl. { Weakest}.] [ OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. w[= a] c weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. v[ imac] kja to turn, veer, recede, AS. w[ imac] can to yield, give way, G. weichen, OHG. w[ imac] hhan, akin to Skr. vij, and probably to E. week, L. vicis a change, turn, Gr. e' i` kein to yield, give way. [ root] 132. Cf. { Week}, { Wink}, v. i. { Vicissitude}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Wanting physical strength. Specifically: [ 1913 Webster] ( a) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. [ 1913 Webster] A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Weak with hunger, mad with love. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship. [ 1913 Webster] ( d) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant. [ 1913 Webster] ( e) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. [ 1913 Webster] ( f) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint. [ 1913 Webster] A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish. -- Ascham. [ 1913 Webster] ( g) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine. [ 1913 Webster] ( h) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. Specifically: [ 1913 Webster] ( a) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate. [ 1913 Webster] To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper. -- Beattie. [ 1913 Webster] Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods. -- Waterland. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish. [ 1913 Webster] If evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering. [ 1913 Webster] Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. -- Rom. xiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster] ( d) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue. [ 1913 Webster] Guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] ( e) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty. [ 1913 Webster] ( f) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case. " Convinced of his weak arguing." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] A case so weak . . . hath much persisted in. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] ( g) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style. [ 1913 Webster] ( h) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. " Weak prayers." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] ( i) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state. [ 1913 Webster] I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] ( k) ( Stock Exchange) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Gram.) ( a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit ( imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix - ed, - d, or the variant form - t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See { Strong}, 19 ( a) . ( b) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo- Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in - n. See { Strong}, 19 ( b) . [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Stock Exchange) Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. ( Card Playing) Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 6. ( Photog.) Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: Weak is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, weak- eyed, weak- handed, weak- hearted, weak- minded, weak- spirited, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster] { Weak conjugation} ( Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also { new conjugation}, or { regular conjugation}, and distinguished from the { old conjugation}, or { irregular conjugation}. { Weak declension} ( Anglo- Saxon Gram.), the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives. { Weak side}, the side or aspect of a person' s character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity. { weak sore} or { weak ulcer} ( Med.), a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations. [ 1913 Webster]
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