feckless
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
源自低地苏格兰语 feckless[1],低地苏格兰语 fectless (“徒劳的”)的变体,等价于effect + -less[2]。
发音[编辑]
形容词[编辑]
feckless (比较级 more feckless,最高级 most feckless)
- 软弱的,缺乏意志力的,不负责任的
- September 10 2005, Canberra Times:
- It is the beauty of great games when they are played at their highest level and the extraordinary thing now is that we do not have to trawl back through all the years of your inexorable progress from feckless beach boy to master sportsman.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- 无能的,笨拙的
- 懦弱的,窝囊的
- (英国,古旧) 无精打采的
近义词[编辑]
- (弱): futile、hopeless、ineffective、ineffectual、feeble、meaningless、useless
- (软弱,不负责): unpurposed、worthless、aimless、careless、reckless、irresponsible
反义词[编辑]
- (弱): effective、efficient、meaningful、useful
- (软弱,不负责): purposeful、careful、responsible
相关词汇[编辑]
延伸阅读[编辑]
- “feckless”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
- “feckless”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
参考资料[编辑]
低地苏格兰语[编辑]
其他形式[编辑]
- fectless (弃用)
词源[编辑]
形容词[编辑]
feckless (无比较级)
- 效率低的
参考资料[编辑]
- “feckless” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.