Yếu, yếu ớt, thiếu sức khoẻ, thiếu sức mạnh

to grow weak

yếu đi

Yếu, dễ gãy, dễ cong

Thiếu nghị lực, yếu đuối, mềm yếu, nhu nhược, dễ bị đánh bại

a weak moment

một phút yếu đuối

weak character

tính tình nhu nhược mềm yếu

Yếu kém, không chắc chắn, không thành công (về mặt (tài chính))

a weak market

một thị trường yếu

Không hoạt động tốt, kém cỏi

weak in algebra

kém về đại số

weak memory

trí nhớ kém

weak sight and hearing

mắt kém tai nghễnh ngãng

a weak team of volleyball players

một đội bóng chuyền kém

Yếu ớt, không thuyết phục, không mạnh mẽ (lý lẽ..)

weak arguments

những lý lẽ không có sức thuyết phục

Loãng, nhạt, chứa đựng một tỷ lệ nước cao (chất lỏng)

weak tea

trà loãng

Không dễ nhận thấy, yếu ớt, mờ nhạt

a weak smile

một nụ cười yếu ớt

Kém cỏi, kém về, không đạt một tiêu chuẩn cao

the book is weak on the medieval period

cuốn sách yếu khi nói về thời trung cổ

(ngôn ngữ học) theo quy tắc ( động từ)

( theỵweak)

weak at the knees

(thông tục) bủn rủn tay chân (vì xúc động, sợ hãi..)

the weaker sex

phái yếu, phụ nữ nói chung

weak in the head

(thông tục) ngu đần

a weak moment

phút yếu đuối

(adj) yếu, kém

nghèo (hỗn hợp hòa khí)

không ổn định

xuống

yếu ớt

Adj.

Feeble, frail, fragile, unsubstantial, flimsy,breakable, frangible, delicate, rickety, unsteady, unsound,decrepit, shaky, infirm: That chair is too weak for you tostand on.

Frail, infirm, debilitated, enervated, delicate,sickly, anaemic, wasted, decrepit, puny, effete, worn out,tired, exhausted: When I last saw Tindell he was so weak hecould hardly lift his brandy glass. 3 unassertive, retiring,namby-pamby, spineless, irresolute, impotent, ineffectual,ineffective, incompetent, feckless, inept, wishy-washy, timid,meek, craven, timorous, cowardly, pusillanimous, lily-livered,chicken-hearted, Colloq chicken, yellow: We know which is theweaker partner in that marriage, don't we?

Feeble, lame,half-baked, poor, miserable, unconvincing, unpersuasive, empty,shallow, flimsy, hollow, pathetic, pitiful, unbelievable,untenable: Edward made some weak excuse for being late. I foundMona's argument against birth control very weak indeed. 5weak-minded, dim-witted, dull-witted, slow-witted, foolish,feeble-minded, simple, simple-minded, soft-headed, stupid, dull,moronic, imbecilic, Colloq dumb: They seek out people of weakerintelligence and make fools of them. 6 faint, dim, poor, dull,pale, faded, indistinct, vague, hazy, imperceptible,indiscernible, unclear, blurred, blurry, muzzy, wavering,faltering, ill-defined, feeble, flickering, subdued: I couldhardly see her face in the weak light of the candle.

Feeble,subdued, low, soft, hushed, muffled, muted, almost inaudible,stifled, indistinct: When the victim finally spoke, his voicewas very weak.

See watery, 1, above.

Weak point. Seeweakness, 3, below.

Adj.

Deficient in strength, power, or number; fragile; easilybroken or bent or defeated.

Deficient in vigour; sickly,feeble (weak health; a weak imagination).

A deficient inresolution; easily led (a weak character). b (of an action orfeatures) indicating a lack of resolution (a weak surrender; aweak chin).

Unconvincing or logically deficient (weakevidence; a weak argument).

(of a mixed liquid or solution)watery, thin, dilute (weak tea).

(of a style etc.) notvigorous or well-knit; diffuse, slipshod.

(of a crew)short-handed.

(of a syllable etc.) unstressed.

Gram. inGermanic languages: a (of a verb) forming inflections by theaddition of a suffix to the stem. b (of a noun or adjective)belonging to a declension in which the stem originally ended in-n (opp. STRONG adj.

).

Lacking in resolution. weak-mindedness the state of beingweak-minded. weak moment a time when one is unusually compliantor temptable. weak point (or spot) 1 a place where defences areassailable.

A flaw in an argument or character or inresistance to temptation.

Weakish adj. [ME f. ON veikr f.Gmc]