| 词汇 | example_english_imbecility |
| 释义 | Examples of imbecilityThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. To constrain a man to such imbecility is to insult him, and is besides an injury to the community in preventing freedom of election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, anybody who was prepared to accept that particular office might well stand self-condemned of imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She had been admitted with moral imbecility: she had had a child out of wedlock. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were mental defectives, and cases of imbecility and sleepy sickness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it imbecility to make such a suggestion as that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that statement was the height or the depth of imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He wants to embody in this paragraph the definition of imbecility which appears in paragraph (b). From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To think such a feat capable of accomplishment within, say, the lifetime of the present generation, is evidence either of childishness or imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have always maintained that they are obscure to the point of imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a rule it is a tax on imbecility for the general run of stuff that we see produced in newspapers, but that is nothing to us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely we have reached the point of imbecility when the arguments are deserted amid the and pros and cons of the old, failed and outdated two-party system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could imbecility go further than that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then of course there is the crowning imbecility of the agricultural system, which actually grows food to fill storage warehouses instead of feeding the starving people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moderation in war is imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I class in this number, idiotism, imbecility, dulness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Action, without thought, is imbecility of mind, and can not therefore be either meritorious or criminal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His humorous acting is often characterised by stupidity, hilarious imbecility and a sharp disconnection from reality. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Imbecility of men, history teaches us, always invites the impudence of power. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The meaning was further refined into mental and moral imbecility. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He described some of the male passengers as on the verge of imbecility and others as street-corner loafers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Can imbecility be a sin? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The asylum admitted patients with behavioural disturbances consequent on imbecility, dementia and organic disorders in addition to what would now be considered functional mental illnesses. The more stringent eugenists branded a range of traits as genetically fixed, from alcoholism and criminality to imbecility and violent behaviour. The imbecility of attending in these times to nature's appearances whilst not to the spiritual climate is made clear. I will put one or two other imbecilities which come into this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it does not amount to imbecility, you have to refer to the previous definition of what constitutes an imbecile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By your present system you are definitely encouraging the horrible possibility of mental infirmity and imbecility being carried from one generation to the next. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why has this policy of imbecility, so disastrous to the interests of the country, been pursued? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 According to him nothing but pure imbecility could have suggested the plans put forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it were not for that imbecility, which he thinks he must use, he would do much better. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She and persons like her develop at a very early age what we call moral imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulties of tariffs are not necessarily due to the wickedness of their promoters, but to the imbecility of their advocates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some respects it is harmless to the point of imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There you have a question of moral imbecility which started from injury to the brain, but not from early age, but which produced mental defects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not over-pessimistic about that, but it is mere imbecility to take the favourable answer for granted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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