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Lame Describe Excuse Leg Limping Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Damage

英语单词 lame
英美音标 英 [leɪm] 美 [leɪm]
中文释义 adj.无说服力的;跛足的
vt.使 ... 成残废
n.金属薄板
英语例句 (1) He gave a lame excuse for being late.
(2) Mary offered only a lame apology.
(3) He is lame in one leg and walks with the help of a crutch.
(4) The work was hard for the lame old man.
(5) You must not lame me for that; it was not my fault
中文例句 (1) 他说了个站不住脚的理由解释他迟到的原因。
(2) 玛丽只作了一个站不住脚的辩解。
(3) 他的一条腿跛了,走路借助于拐杖。
(4) 这工作对他这个跛脚的老先生来说是很辛苦的。
(5) 你不应为那件事责备我,那不是我的过失。
vocabulary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."
vocabulary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!"
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.
  [the N]
  • He was aware that she was lame in one leg...

    他注意到她一条腿有残疾。

  • David had to pull out of the Championships when his horse went lame.

    戴维不得不退出锦标赛,因为他的马瘸了。

  • The lame are people who are lame.(总称)腿瘸者,腿残者
    • ... the wounded and the lame of the last war.

      上次战争中受伤和腿残的人

lameness
  • Persistent damage or inadequate healing may lead to chronic lameness.

    反复受伤或治疗不当可导致长期跛足。

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[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.
  • He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep...

    他含含糊糊地找了个蹩脚的借口,想要解释自己为什么睡着了。

  • All our theories sound pretty lame.

    我们的理论似乎全都站不住脚。

lamely
  • 'Lovely house,' I said lamely.

    “房子真不错,”我称赞道,听上去毫无信服力。

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