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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。
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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.
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The action is driven not by science, but by a weak-willed desire to reconcile opposites.
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In addition, there are some rather weak-willed people whom probation officers look after and keep out of crime.
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The hostel system should be developed, especially for the inadequate and the weak-willed.
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The professor lists, among the causes of wastage, weak-willed students and those who cannot get down to work.
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Those names give a false sense of glamour to inculcate a sense of derring-do and adventure in weak-willed people.
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Industry and practitioners have been flabby and slightly weak-willed about introducing the scheme.
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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.
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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.
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That is, their being weak-willed consists in their failing to do what they think is best.
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An unemployed high school dropout with no apparent skills, he is emasculated, weak-willed, pathetic and frequently behaves naively.
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He is described as being much larger than the other virals and possesses the ability to influence weak-willed people.
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He can psionically control weak-willed subjects even without his discs.
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