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；疲惫的；（土地）贫瘠的；（动植物）不育的

词根记忆

• ef(没有) + fet(生产性的) + e→无生产力的
• ef(出) + fete(=fetus，胎儿)→不再生出胎儿→生产力已枯竭的

同根派生

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英汉例句

双语例句

• Effete heart needs a moment rest
  疲惫的心灵也需要片刻的停歇
• A lot of people are saying, "Enough of this kind of effete culture.
  很多人都在说，“我们已经厌倦了这毫无生气的文化。
• If I had my choice of roles, I'd opt for Peter Ustinov's part: Lentulus Batiatus, the slave dealer and slightly effete villain.
  如果要我选择其中一个角色的话，我会选彼得·乌斯蒂诺夫所扮演的兰图拉斯·巴泰特斯，一个奴隶贩子，些许没落的反派角色。

原声例句

• A lot of people are saying, "Enough of this kind of effete culture.
  很多人都在说，“我们已经厌倦了这毫无生气的文化。
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权威例句

• 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

短语

• effete e 无生产力的;虚弱的;失去活力
• earthquake effete 地震效应
• effete aristocracy 贵族没落
• effete detail 疲惫枯竭
• anti -effete 抗衰老

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• 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

商业

• 疲惫枯竭

生物学

• 衰老的
• 年老失效的