effete基本解释
adj.贫瘠的；衰弱的；无能力的
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副词: effetely 名词: effeteness
adj.贫瘠的；衰弱的；无能力的
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副词: effetely 名词: effeteness
adj
1. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
e.g. a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility
a group of effete self-professed intellectuals
Synonym: decadent
1. 软弱的;无权力的;怯懦的
If you describe someone as effete, you are criticizing them for being weak and powerless.
e.g. ...the charming but effete Russian gentry of the 1840s and 1850s.
19世纪四五十年代迷人但怯懦的俄国贵族
1. 失去活力,枯竭,衰弱的：effectuate 使实现,实践 | effete 失去活力,枯竭,衰弱的 | efficacious 有效的
2. 疲惫枯竭：18 imprudent 轻率的 | 19 effete 疲惫枯竭 | 20 ebullient 沸腾的,热情洋溢的
3. effete
3. 精疲力尽的：thus and thus 如此如此 | effete 精疲力尽的 | ephemeral 朝生暮死的
4. 疲惫的：effervescent 冒泡的 | effete 疲惫的 | efficacious 有效的
Nature..was as if effete now; could not any longer produce Great Men.
出自：Carlyle
