feebleminded
/fee-buhl-mahyn-did/US // ˈfi bəlˈmaɪn dɪd //
软弱无能,软弱无力,弱智,弱智的人
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : lacking the normal mental powers.
- : Medicine/Medical. mentally deficient.
- : stupid or foolish; not sensible: feeble-minded remarks.
- : Archaic. lacking firmness of mind; indecisive.
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Examples
He is a rather quaint fellow on the whole, coy though not feebleminded in the medical sense.
From this Glenwood home for the feebleminded she was released.
She ruled, but did so with such exquisite tact that her feebleminded lord never suspected it.
Marriage with a feebleminded person not only should be advised against, but should be prohibited by law.
A feebleminded man has much fewer chances for marriage than has a feebleminded woman.
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