faint

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英[feɪnt]
美[feɪnt]

基本释义

adj.
微弱的,暗淡的; 敷衍的; 晕眩的
v.
晕倒
n.
昏厥

词性变化

实用例句

a faint glow/glimmer/light

微弱的光亮 / 闪光 / 光

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a faint smell of perfume

淡淡的香水味

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We could hear their voices growing fainter as they walked down the road.

他们沿路走远时我们听见他们的说话声逐渐模糊。

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His breathing became faint.

他的呼吸变得微弱了。

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There is still a faint hope that she may be cured.

她的病还有一点点希望可以治愈。

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They don't have the faintest chance of winning.

他们毫无获胜的可能。

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a faint show of resistance

软弱无力装模作样的抵抗

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a faint smile

淡淡一笑

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She suddenly felt faint.

她突然感到快要昏倒。

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The walkers were faint from hunger.

步行者饿得头昏眼花。

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She smiled faintly.

她淡淡地笑了一下。

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He looked faintly embarrassed.

他显得有点难堪。

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I didn't have the faintest idea what you meant.

我一点也不明白你的意思。

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to faint from hunger

饿昏过去

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Suddenly the woman in front of me fainted.

我面前的女人突然昏倒了。

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(informal)I almost fainted (= I was very surprised) when she told me.

她告诉我时我吃惊得差点昏过去。

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He fell to the ground in a dead faint.

他跌倒在地,昏死过去。

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I thought he'd faint when I kissed him.

我以为吻他的时候他会晕倒呢。

Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath.

心绞痛的其他征兆有恶心、出汗、头昏和气短。

She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted...

她突然向前栽倒在桌上,晕了过去。

A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly...

一丝敷衍的微笑从那位大人脸上掠过,很快就消失了。

Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh...

卡罗琳敷衍地笑了一下。

He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping...

他开始注意到轻微的水滴声。

The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco...

房间内有烟斗烟丝的淡淡馨香。

真题例句

As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some times readers as faint praise.

2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Verb
  • 1. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

Adjective
  • 1. barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc;

    "a faint outline"

    "the wan sun cast faint shadows"

    "the faint light of a distant candle"

    "faint colors"

    "a faint hissing sound"

    "a faint aroma"

  • 2. lacking clarity or distinctness;

    "a dim figure in the distance"

    "only a faint recollection"

    "shadowy figures in the gloom"

    "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"

    "a few wispy memories of childhood"

  • 3. lacking strength or vigor;

    "damning with faint praise"

    "faint resistance"

    "feeble efforts"

    "a feeble voice"

  • 4. weak and likely to lose consciousness;

    "suddenly felt faint from the pain"

    "was sick and faint from hunger"

    "felt light in the head"

    "a swooning fit"

    "light-headed with wine"

    "light-headed from lack of sleep"

  • 5. indistinctly understood or felt or perceived;

    "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"

    "haven't the faintest idea"

  • 6. lacking conviction or boldness or courage;

    "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

同义词辨析

vague, dim, indefinite, obscure, ambiguous, faint

这些形容词均含"不明确的,模糊的"之意。

  • vague: 多指因语言不确切,太笼统或因构思含糊、不完善而造成模糊难解。
  • dim: 侧重指或因光线暗淡,或因年代久远、身体欠佳等因素而产生视觉或察觉方面的困难。
  • indefinite: 指无明确定义或限定,重点或总体轮廓不明确。
  • obscure: 语气最强,指晦涩难懂。
  • ambiguous: 指文章或讲话中,意思可能有多种理解,令人捉摸不定。
  • faint: 指对某事物印象不深,或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。

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反义词

adj.虚弱的;微小的

loudstrongintense

其他释义

strongintenseloud

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