actless

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈæktləs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. 1951, J. Saunders Redding, On Being Negro in America, essay not-comparable
  2. 1951, J. Saunders Redding, On Being Negro in America, essay: I felt a certain shallow contempt for the emotionalism, the unreasoning bitterness and the actless anger of the soapbox radicals.; I felt a certain shallow contempt for the emotionalism, the unreasoning bitterness and the actless anger of the soapbox radicals. not-comparable

词形变化

actless action canonical spirit canonical inactive canonical

词汇关系

衍生词
actlessness

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin ācta
Old French actbor.
Middle English acte
English act
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English actless
From act + -less.
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