faint

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英[fe?nt]
美[fe?nt]

基本釋義

adj.
微弱的,暗淡的; 敷衍的; 暈眩的
v.
暈倒
n.
昏厥

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

a faint glow/glimmer/light

微弱的光亮 / 閃光 / 光

牛津詞典

a faint smell of perfume

淡淡的香水味

牛津詞典

We could hear their voices growing fainter as they walked down the road.

他們沿路走遠(yuǎn)時(shí)我們聽見他們的說話聲逐漸模糊。

牛津詞典

His breathing became faint.

他的呼吸變得微弱了。

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There is still a faint hope that she may be cured.

她的病還有一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)希望可以治愈。

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They don't have the faintest chance of winning.

他們毫無獲勝的可能。

牛津詞典

a faint show of resistance

軟弱無力裝模作樣的抵抗

牛津詞典

a faint smile

淡淡一笑

牛津詞典

She suddenly felt faint.

她突然感到快要昏倒。

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The walkers were faint from hunger.

步行者餓得頭昏眼花。

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She smiled faintly.

她淡淡地笑了一下。

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He looked faintly embarrassed.

他顯得有點(diǎn)難堪。

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I didn't have the faintest idea what you meant.

我一點(diǎn)也不明白你的意思。

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to faint from hunger

餓昏過去

牛津詞典

Suddenly the woman in front of me fainted.

我面前的女人突然昏倒了。

牛津詞典

(informal)I almost fainted (= I was very surprised) when she told me.

她告訴我時(shí)我吃驚得差點(diǎn)昏過去。

牛津詞典

He fell to the ground in a dead faint.

他跌倒在地,昏死過去。

牛津詞典

I thought he'd faint when I kissed him.

我以為吻他的時(shí)候他會(huì)暈倒呢。

Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath.

心絞痛的其他征兆有惡心、出汗、頭昏和氣短。

She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted...

她突然向前栽倒在桌上,暈了過去。

A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly...

一絲敷衍的微笑從那位大人臉上掠過,很快就消失了。

Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh...

卡羅琳敷衍地笑了一下。

He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping...

他開始注意到輕微的水滴聲。

The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco...

房間內(nèi)有煙斗煙絲的淡淡馨香。

真題例句

As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some times readers as faint praise.

2011年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Verb
  • 1. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

Adjective
  • 1. barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc;

    "a faint outline"

    "the wan sun cast faint shadows"

    "the faint light of a distant candle"

    "faint colors"

    "a faint hissing sound"

    "a faint aroma"

  • 2. lacking clarity or distinctness;

    "a dim figure in the distance"

    "only a faint recollection"

    "shadowy figures in the gloom"

    "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"

    "a few wispy memories of childhood"

  • 3. lacking strength or vigor;

    "damning with faint praise"

    "faint resistance"

    "feeble efforts"

    "a feeble voice"

  • 4. weak and likely to lose consciousness;

    "suddenly felt faint from the pain"

    "was sick and faint from hunger"

    "felt light in the head"

    "a swooning fit"

    "light-headed with wine"

    "light-headed from lack of sleep"

  • 5. indistinctly understood or felt or perceived;

    "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"

    "haven't the faintest idea"

  • 6. lacking conviction or boldness or courage;

    "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

同義詞辨析

vague, dim, indefinite, obscure, ambiguous, faint

這些形容詞均含"不明確的,模糊的"之意。

  • vague: 多指因語言不確切,太籠統(tǒng)或因構(gòu)思含糊、不完善而造成模糊難解。
  • dim: 側(cè)重指或因光線暗淡,或因年代久遠(yuǎn)、身體欠佳等因素而產(chǎn)生視覺或察覺方面的困難。
  • indefinite: 指無明確定義或限定,重點(diǎn)或總體輪廓不明確。
  • obscure: 語氣最強(qiáng),指晦澀難懂。
  • ambiguous: 指文章或講話中,意思可能有多種理解,令人捉摸不定。
  • faint: 指對(duì)某事物印象不深,或指聲音微弱或希望的渺茫等。

同義詞

vi.變?nèi)?昏倒

outblackswoonweakenkeelover

反義詞

adj.虛弱的;微小的

loudstrongintense

其他釋義

strongintenseloud

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