| 词汇 | lamely |
| 释义 | lamely adverb uk /ˈleɪm.li/ us /ˈleɪm.li/ in a weak and unsatisfactory way: （尤指借口或论据）站不住脚地，无说服力地 "You must have been mistaken," she told Adam, rather lamely. "你一定是搞错了，"她无力地对亚当说。 There was nothing else to say so I lamely asked what he'd like for breakfast.没有别的话可说，所以我勉强问他早餐想吃什么。 See lame "We have to get back," explained Denis lamely. He was often late home, lamely claiming he had been caught in a meeting. "Did you tell him to leave me alone?" - "I didn't get a chance," he said, rather lamely. Not good enough be not onidiom beneath cop deficiency deficiency in something intolerable intolerably lameness leave a lot to be desiredidiom medevac second-rate sub-optimum subaverage suboptimal substandard unsatisfactory unsatisfying unsound unworthily unworthy Examples of lamelylamely Desolation goes before us, and civilization lags slowly and lamely behind. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for 'walk lamely' had been hall, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). This organisation has the advantage of being a highly respected national institution, known to be completely impartial and lamely staffed by voluntary helpers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My expectation is that people who hold up their hands so lamely are unlikely to be re-elected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He simply said rather lamely that it was right in principle that attention should be paid to certain needs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or will he stay lamely stuck on the fence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can only lamely repeat the statement that they must know to be untrue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we made it plain that it had never been otherwise and that this was on the record, he admitted, somewhat lamely, that he had been misled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Details are not given and the story concludes somewhat lamely. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mutual is excluded from, or only lamely admitted to, many important markets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, he says it rather lamely, and the confession obviously comes too late. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Lamely began his career on mini tours. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These accents lamely portray a mule walking. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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