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effete adjective uk /ɪˈfiːt/ us /ɪˈfiːt/ literarydisapproving weak and without much power: 弱不禁风的;了无生气的;软弱无能的 With nothing to do all day the aristocracy had grown effete and lazy.贵族们终日无所事事,变得四体不勤,懒散乏力。 disapproving more typical of a woman than of a man没有男子汉气概的;女人气的 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragility frail glass jaw helpless helplessly shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target soft target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly |