faintly

英 ['feɪntli]

美 ['feɪntli]

adv.  淡淡; 隐约地; 有气无力地; 昏

Oxford 3000 / BNC.7351 / COCA.9681

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (声音、颜色、标记、感觉或特性)微弱的，暗淡的，虚弱的
  Afaintsound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity.
  1. He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping...
     他开始注意到轻微的水滴声。
  2. The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco...
     房间内有烟斗烟丝的淡淡馨香。
  3. He could see faint lines in her face...
     他可以看见她脸上的细纹。
  4. There was still the faint hope deep within him that she might never need to know.
     他内心深处仍怀有一丝隐约的希望：她也许永远不必知晓。
• ADJ-GRADED 不尽力的;敷衍的;半心半意的
  Afaintattempt at something is one that is made without proper effort and with little enthusiasm.
  1. Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh...
     卡罗琳敷衍地笑了一下。
  2. 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。
  3. Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic.
     10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。
• VERB 晕厥;晕倒
  If youfaint, you lose consciousness for a short time, especially because you are hungry, or because of pain, heat, or shock.
  1. She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted...
     她突然向前栽倒在桌上，晕了过去。
  2. I thought he'd faint when I kissed him.
     我以为吻他的时候他会晕倒呢。
  3. Faintis also a noun.
     
  4. She slumped to the ground in a faint.
     她一阵晕眩，跌倒在地。
• ADJ-GRADED 晕眩的;虚弱无力的
  Someone who isfaintfeels weak and unsteady as if they are about to lose consciousness.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adv

• to a faint degree or weakly perceived
  1. between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly
  2. stars shining faintly through the overcast
  3. could hear his distant shouts only faintly
  4. the rumors weren't even faintly true

双语例句

• A faintly comic figure, he fears ridicule above all else.
  他是个不怎么滑稽的人物，最害怕被人嘲笑。
• She turned and smiled faintly.
  她转过身微微一笑。
• I remembered faintly that my first picture was praised by the teacher, in which there was a lovely and flocky bird.
  我还依稀记得，我的第一幅画，就受到了老师的表扬，那是我画了一只羽翼未丰的小鸟，毛茸茸的，可爱极了。
• He stopped and smiled faintly, shivering a little as the cold wind went through his thin shirt.
  说到这里他停了下来，浅浅地一笑，同时因风寒衣薄而微微颤抖。
• He could hear them talking faintly in the other room.
  他能听到他们在另一间屋里轻声地谈话。
• The old man smiled faintly at his neighbor and slowly walked in.
  老人朝邻居淡淡地一笑，慢慢走了进去。
• "Broad meander valley"& suddenly this concept jumped out at him, and he smiled faintly.
  曲流宽谷，突然一个概念跳了出来，他不禁微微笑了。
• From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
  山坡下面，野山羊咩咩地轻声叫着。
• But I find the idea faintly encouraging: a little healthy competition never did anyone any harm.
  但我发现这种想法有那么点儿令人鼓舞：一点健康的竞争对谁都没有害处。
• The moon glimmered faintly through the mists.
  月亮透过薄雾洒下微光。