词汇 | weak-willed |
释义 | weak-willed adjective uk /ˌwiːkˈwɪld/ us /ˌwiːkˈwɪld/ not having the determination that is needed to continue with a difficult course of action: 意志薄弱的;优柔寡断的 My diets are never successful - I'm just too weak-willed.我的减肥计划从没有成功过——我就是意志太薄弱。 Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakily shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly Examples of weak-willedweak-willed Such creatures would be ' perfectly reasonable ' in the sense that they could never be weak-willed in their pursuit of the good. Douglass ended the chapter feeling that charlatans and the weak-willed predominated in their quest for aid and comfort. There is no other way to ensure that the weak-willed will not buy when he does not really want to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The action is driven not by science, but by a weak-willed desire to reconcile opposites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, there are some rather weak-willed people whom probation officers look after and keep out of crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hostel system should be developed, especially for the inadequate and the weak-willed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The professor lists, among the causes of wastage, weak-willed students and those who cannot get down to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those names give a false sense of glamour to inculcate a sense of derring-do and adventure in weak-willed people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Industry and practitioners have been flabby and slightly weak-willed about introducing the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be a temptation to the weak-willed motorist, who feels that he is being ripped off, to drink when he should not and then drive his car. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The longer we allow the system to wither on the vine the more time there will be for the weak-willed among politicians to lose their resolve and to back-track. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is, their being weak-willed consists in their failing to do what they think is best. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An unemployed high school dropout with no apparent skills, he is emasculated, weak-willed, pathetic and frequently behaves naively. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is described as being much larger than the other virals and possesses the ability to influence weak-willed people. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He can psionically control weak-willed subjects even without his discs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of weak-willed 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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