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单词 weakling
释义
weakling
noun[C]
disapproving
uk
/ˈwiː.klɪŋ/us
/ˈwiː.klɪŋ/
someone who isweak, eitherphysicallyor incharacter:
羸弱的人；懦弱的人
It would need more than a fewexercisestoturna seven-stone weakling into aheavyweightboxer.想要把一个体重只有7英石的羸弱之人变成重量级的拳击运动员，可不是单单做一些练习就办得到的。
Synonym
wussinformal disapproving
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(Definition ofweaklingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

weakling| American Dictionary

weakling
noun[C]
us
/ˈwik·lɪŋ/
someone who isweak, eitherphysicallyor incharacter:
Exercise canturna weakling into abig,toughguy.
(Definition ofweaklingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofweakling

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It may appear that the higher frequency among the index cases of high activity level and being aweaklingand lacking in vitality are contradictory.
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The best material in a nation is that which always marches forward, or more precisely, drags behind itself the weaklings.
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He was sometimes dismissed as aweaklingappeaser, but in these circumstances he held his ground for an unpopular cause.
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This ill-fated, prematurely begotten, prematurely born,weaklingchild is a story of tragedy and disappointment.
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Surely there must also be very good results in the maintenance of a good standard among those who would otherwise have become weaklings.
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That group of weaklings is not eliminated to anything like the same extent.
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At the same time it is true that amongst these children there is a minority of weaklings.
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A man who over-estimates his strength becomes aweakling.
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They had their failures, just as we had, although they never published them, and this is the way they kept the weaklings to their duty.
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They are not weaklings, because the weaklings go to the wall.
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He has shown himself to be theweaklingthat he was when we had that debate.
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All the enemies of progress are there—weaklings, sleek, smug, comfortable, self-important individuals.
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Nobody ever charged me with being aweakling.
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Disabled men and necessarilyweaklingchildren are herded in damp basements.
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Those who have had anything to do with underground work will know that it is not work that theweaklingusually stands for long.
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