weak

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
    — The child was too weak to move the boulder.
  2. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
    — a weak timber; a weak rope
  3. Limp, soft.
  4. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
    — weak resolutions; weak virtue
  5. Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love. often
    — 'Cause sugar pie, honey bunch You know that I'm weak for you Can't help myself I love you and nobody else
  6. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
    — That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
  7. Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:; Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense marked by /-d-/, /-t-/, or /-ð-/.
    — The verb to walk is weak because it has a past tense of walked and all forms are inflected by adding the typical suffix (ie is regular) to the stem walk- (ie has no vowel changes).
  8. Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:; Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
  9. Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:; Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
  10. Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:; Related to, containing, or being a consonant which is prone to disappearing in some inflections, in most applicable languages including (but not limited to) w and y.
    — In some Semitic languages such as Akkadian, some or all gutturals are weak and often disappear, but in others such as Arabic and Ugaritic, they are strong and never disappear.
  11. Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:; Related to, being, or containing the lenis consonant gradation, which resulted from historically closed syllables.
    — The Finnish verb kääntää (“to translate”) inflects to the singular imperative as käännä, showing the weak gradation nt > nn because it historically ended in a consonant which closed the syllable.
  12. Of a form in which the accent tends to shift forwards (to the right, in transcription) or did so ancestrally in Proto-Indo-European, relative to the strong stem (which has the leftmost accent allowed). Indo-European-studies,especially
    — Paradigmatic slots in which the accent and correlating e-grade are positioned further to the left of the word are traditionally termed strong, those with accent and e-grade further to the right, are called weak. In all nouns and verbs which show these alternations, the strong and the weak forms are predictable from the morphological category […].
  13. Of a form in which the accent tends to shift forwards (to the right, in transcription) or did so ancestrally in Proto-Indo-European, relative to the strong stem (which has the leftmost accent allowed).; In a grammatical case other than nominative, accusative, vocative or sometimes locative singular. Indo-European-studies,especially
  14. Of a form in which the accent tends to shift forwards (to the right, in transcription) or did so ancestrally in Proto-Indo-European, relative to the strong stem (which has the leftmost accent allowed).; In a conjugation other than singular active forms (regardless of person, tense etc.). Indo-European-studies,especially
    — All middle forms of Indo-European verbs are traditionally weak. Middle-only verbs can still be compared to hypothetical strong stems, such as weak *ǵn̥h₁-yé- (e.g. *ǵn̥h₁yéto, “(he/she/it) was born”) versus strong *ǵénh₁-ye-.
  15. Lenis, pronounced with less force or less markedness.
  16. That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
    — a weak acid
  17. One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
  18. Bad or uncool. slang
    — This place is weak.
  19. Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
  20. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
    — If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
  21. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
    — The prosecution advanced a weak case.
  22. Lacking in vigour or expression.
    — a weak sentence; a weak style
  23. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
    — Thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayers.
  24. Tending towards lower prices.
    — a weak market; wheat is weak at present
  25. Lacking contrast.
    — a weak negative

词形变化

weaker comparative weakest superlative weake alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
anemic breakable broken-down damaged debilitated decrepit delicate dickless effete enervated enfeebled exhausted faint flimsy fragile harmed hurt impaired impotent infirm injured languid low prostrated prostrate puny raddled resistless sapped slightsoft softened susceptible tender tired torpid unresistant wasted weak weakened weary weedy wimpy worn out yielding
反义词
healthy powerful robust strong invincible potent able-bodied athletic beefy brawny capable competent durable firm fit fortified hale hardened hardy mighty muscular puissant rugged sinewy sound stalwart stout strapping strengthened sturdy toughened tough vigorous virile vitalized
上位词
lacking
下位词
depleted deteriorated scrawny
衍生词
bring it weak electroweak miliweak nonweak overweak piss-weak piss weak superweak the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must weak AI weak artificial intelligence weak as piss weak as water weak atheist weak-bladdered weak-chinned weak copyleft weak declension weaken weaker sex weaker vessel weakest link weak-eyed weakfish weak force weak-handed weak-headed weak-hearted weakino weak interaction weak in the knees weakish weak isospin weak-kneed weakling weak link weakly weak mayor weak-minded weakness weak nuclear weak nuclear force weak nuclear interaction weakon weak point weak pronoun weak reference weaksauce weak sauce weakside weak-side weak side weak-sighted weak sister weaksome weak sore weak spot weak tea weak typing weak ulcer weak verb weak vowel merger weak-willed weaky
相关词
weak spot

词源

From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, borrowed from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Old English wāc (“weak, bendsome”), Saterland Frisian wook (“soft, gentle, tender”), West Frisian weak (“soft”), Dutch week (“soft, weak”), German weich (“weak, soft”), Norwegian veik (“weak”), Swedish vek (“weak, pliant”), Icelandic veikur (“bendsome, weak”). Related to Old English wīcan (“to yield”). Related to week and wick.
The grammar sense is a calque of German schwach.
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