Feebly

(adv.) in a halting and feeble manner; 'reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win'.

(adv.) in a faint and feeble manner; 'the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway'.

校对:奥利弗

• Her nature was represented to us, when we engaged her, as being feebly expressed in her name. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Then, feebly leaning on her arms for an instant to steady herself, Margaret gathered herself up, and rose. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The candle was brought up again, feebly burning, and then some water was cast in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I am surprised,' said Mr Sampson feebly, 'that Miss Bella condescends to cook. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In the commencement of his captivity Moore used feebly to resist Mrs. Horsfall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He started on the entrance of the stranger, and rose feebly to his feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He hid his face in his burning hands, and feebly bemoaned his own weakness, and the cruelty of his persecutors. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The creature moaned feebly when I looked at it and called to it, but never stirred. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• At this little expression of opinion, Mr. Jinks smiled again--rather more feebly than before--and edged himself, by degrees, back into his own corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• They _called_ him Oliver,' replied the woman, feebly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The extraordinary boy replied not a word; but he nodded once, and seemed, to the clerk's imagination, to snore feebly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The ovigerous frena of certain cirripedes, which have ceased to give attachment to the ova and are feebly developed, are nascent branchiae. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Later on Mosul and Bagdad revived feebly as second-rate towns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mother, suggested Graham, feebly, I think you had better send for the doctor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I tasted what they offered me: feebly at first, eagerly soon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The purblind day was feebly struggling with the fog when I opened my eyes to encounter those of a dirty-faced little spectre fixed upon me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The landlord scratched his head, looked at the ceiling, and at the stranger, and smiled feebly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Our conference was held in the state parlor, which was feebly lighted by one candle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Mr. Chillip could do nothing after this, but sit and look at her feebly, as she sat and looked at the fire, until he was called upstairs again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Machinery slackened; throbbing feebly like a fainting pulse; stopped. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I have put these considerations to you, my dear Sir, very feebly and imperfectly, but I ask you to think of them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Oliver clasped his hands, and sank feebly backward. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The old man, in aiming a purposeless blow at Mr. Guppy, or at nothing, feebly swings himself round and comes with his face against the wall. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He employs two different mixtures, one a feebly explosive mixture, and the other a strongly explosive mixture, used to operate on the piston and thus prolong the explosions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• At last Jane began, and though the first bars were feebly given, the powers of the instrument were gradually done full justice to. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The armature and the carbon-tipped poles of the electromagnet form part of the local circuit; and if the relay is actuated by a weak current the armature will be attracted but feebly. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Marks, said Tom, feebly, is that you, Marks? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Feebly raising himself in the bed, with his head resting on his trembling arm, he looked anxiously around. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

编辑:玛杰里