| 词汇 | imbecility |
| 释义 | imbecility noun[ U ] uk /ˌɪm.bəˈsɪl.ə.ti/ us /ˌɪm.bəˈsɪl.ə.t̬i/ the quality of being extremely stupid: 低能;弱智;十分愚蠢 The absolute imbecility of this show has to be seen to be believed.看了才相信，这绝对是个愚蠢透顶的节目。 The kids were giggling and acting goofy to the point of imbecility. 孩子们咯咯地笑着，表现得很蠢，近乎弱智。 See imbecile Injury from radiation was treated at the time with a casualness that approaches imbecility. He claims that economic expansion should be seen as the normal state of affairs and downturn as extraordinary imbecility. He is sweet-natured but dim to the point of imbecility. Stupid and silly absurd absurdity absurdly adolescent against your better judgmentidiom dopey dopily dorky dottiness dotty in his/her/their wisdomidiom in someone's infinite wisdomidiom inadvisable injudicious injudiciously uncritical uncritically undiscriminating unintelligent unperceptive Examples of imbecilityimbecility 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. See all examples of imbecility 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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