英语单词 | lame |
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英美音标 | [leim] |
中文释义 | adj.跛足的,僵痛的,不完全的,金属薄片,不知内情的人,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 vi.变跛,瘸行 vt.使成残废 |
vocab简明 | You might describe a limping dog that's lost the use of one of its legs as lame, which means "disabled in a leg or foot." |
vocab扩展 | It's less common than describing injured animals as lame, but you can use this adjective to describe a limping person too. Lame is probably most often used to mean generally weak or pathetic. If your friend threw a Frisbee in your direction and it landed several feet in front of you, you might say, "What a lame throw!" |
真题原句 | Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology. |
柯林斯星级 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]跛的;瘸的 If someone is lame, they are unable to walk properly because of damage to one or both of their legs. [
lameness
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](借口、论点、评论等)站不住脚的;蹩脚的;拙劣的 If you describe something, for example an excuse, argument, or remark, as lame, you mean that it is poor or weak.
lamely
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来源 | 2012.1 |
Tags: 单词::2012
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