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1. Oxford Dictionary

   weak

   • IPA[wiːk]

   英式

   • adj.
     lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy；lacking power or influence
2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy she was recovering from flu, and was very weak 同義詞 frail, feeble, puny, fragile, delicate, ... 更多weakly, infirm, sick, sickly, shaky, debilitated, incapacitated, ailing, indisposed, decrepit, enervated, tired, fatigued, exhausted, spent, worn out, informalweedy反義詞 strong
   • ▪ lacking power or influence the central government had grown too weak to impose order the new king used his powers to protect the weak
   • ▪ (of a team or military force) containing too few members or members of insufficient quality their problems arose from fielding weak teams in league matches
   • ▪ (of a faculty or part of the body) not able to fulfil its functions properly he had a weak stomach 同義詞 inadequate, poor, feeble, defective, faulty, ... 更多flawed, deficient, imperfect, substandard, lacking, wanting反義詞 strong, powerful, keen
   • ▪ of a low standard; performing or performed badly the choruses on this recording are weak 同義詞 inadequate, poor, feeble, defective, faulty, ... 更多flawed, deficient, imperfect, substandard, lacking, wanting反義詞 strong, powerful, keen
   • ▪ not convincing or logically forceful the argument is an extremely weak one a weak plot 同義詞 unconvincing, untenable, tenuous, implausible, unsatisfactory, ... 更多slight, poor, inadequate, thin, transparent, unsound, feeble, flimsy, lame, hollow, informalpathetic反義詞 convincing
   • ▪ exerting only a small force a weak magnetic field
   • 2. liable to break or give way under pressure; easily damaged the salamander's tail may be broken off at a weak spot near the base
   • ▪ lacking the force of character to hold to one's own decisions, beliefs, or principles; irresolute he was not weak or a compromiser 同義詞 irresolute, spineless, craven, cowardly, pusillanimous, ... 更多timorous, timid, indecisive, ineffectual, useless, inept, effete, meek, tame, powerless, ineffective, impotent, namby-pamby, soft, lily-livered, faint-hearted, informalyellow, weak-kneed, gutless, yellow-bellied, chicken-hearted, chicken反義詞 strong, resolute
   • ▪ (of a belief) not held with conviction or intensity their commitment to the project is weak
   • ▪ (of prices or a market) having a downward tendency.
   • 3. lacking intensity or brightness a weak light from a single street lamp 同義詞 dim, pale, wan, faint, dull, ... 更多feeble, muted反義詞 strong, bright
   • ▪ (of a liquid or solution) heavily diluted a cup of weak coffee 同義詞 watery, diluted, dilute, watered down, thinned down, ... 更多thin, adulterated, tasteless, flavourless, bland, insipid, mild, informalwishy-washy反義詞 strong, powerful
   • ▪ displaying or characterized by a lack of enthusiasm or energy she managed a weak, nervous smile 同義詞 unenthusiastic, feeble, half-hearted, limp, lame
   • ▪ (of features) not striking or strongly marked his beard covered a weak chin
   • ▪ (of a syllable) unstressed.
   • 4. denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by addition of a suffix (in English, typically -ed).
   • 5. relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts only at distances less than about 10−15 cm, is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions, and conserves neither strangeness, parity, nor isospin.

   片語

   • the weaker sex
   • the weakest link