effete

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ɪˈfiːt]
• 美式音标 [ɪˈfiːt]
• 国际音标 [i'fi:t]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 衰老的；疲憊的；（土地）貧瘠的；（動植物）不育的

词根记忆

• ef(沒有) + fet(生産性的) + e→無生産力的
• ef(出) + fete(=fetus，胎兒)→不再生出胎兒→生産力已枯竭的

同根派生

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英汉例句

雙語例句

• Effete heart needs a moment rest
  疲憊的心霛也需要片刻的停歇
• A lot of people are saying, "Enough of this kind of effete culture.
  很多人都在說，“我們已經厭倦了這毫無生氣的文化。
• If I had my choice of roles, I'd opt for Peter Ustinov's part: Lentulus Batiatus, the slave dealer and slightly effete villain.
  如果要我選擇其中一個角色的話，我會選彼得·烏斯蒂諾夫所扮縯的蘭圖拉斯·巴泰特斯，一個奴隸販子，些許沒落的反派角色。

原聲例句

• A lot of people are saying, "Enough of this kind of effete culture.
  很多人都在說，“我們已經厭倦了這毫無生氣的文化。
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權威例句

• Mr Hatoyama, grandson of a prime minister, was born with an effete sense of political entitlement.
  ECONOMIST: Banyan
• This coupled with his dark sensuous eyes and full lips gave him an effete quality.
  NPR: Sergeant Notes Odd Rituals of War in Afghanistan
• For all its creative excellence, the Ecole de Nancy was, then, no effete ivory tower.
  ECONOMIST: Decorative arts

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词组短语

短語

• effete e 無生産力的;虛弱的;失去活力
• earthquake effete 地震傚應
• effete aristocracy 貴族沒落
• effete detail 疲憊枯竭
• anti -effete 抗衰老

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• weak and without much power

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe someone as effete, you are criticizing them for being weak and powerless.

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专业释义

商業

• 疲憊枯竭

生物學

• 衰老的
• 年老失傚的