infirm
infirm 英 [ɪnˈfɜ:m] 美 [ɪnˈfɜrm]
adj. 衰弱的；意志薄弱的；不坚固的
- To be infirm is to be physically weak. If your great grandmother can't get around without a walker or a wheelchair, you might describe her as infirm.
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- adj. 衰弱的；意志薄弱的；不坚固的
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1. As the Master grew old and infirm, the disciples begged him not to die. Said the Master, "If I did not go, how would you ever see"?
当大师渐渐年老体弱，徒弟们乞求他不要死去，大师说：“如果我不去，那你们将如何看到我
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2. He seemed not at all as strong as hefelt; he seemed, in fact, a trifle infirm in every part of his body, in hisneck, his shoulders, arms, trunk, and knees.
他看上去完全不如他自我感觉那么良好，事实上，他身体上的每个部件都透着虚弱，脖子，肩膀，手臂，躯干，还有两个膝盖都显得一股虚弱劲儿。
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3. He created at his own expense an infant school, a thing then almost unknown in France, and a fund for aiding old and infirm workmen.
他又用自己的钱创设了一所贫儿院，这种措施当时在法国还几乎是创举，他又为年老和残废的工人创办了救济金。
- infirm (adj.) late 14c., "weak, unsound" (of things), from Latin infirmus "weak, frail, feeble, not strong or firm" (figuratively "superstitious, pusillanimous, inconstant"), from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + firmus "strong; stable," figuratively "constant, trusty" (from suffixed form of PIE root *dher- "to hold firmly, support" ). Of persons, "not strong, unhealthy," first recorded c. 1600. As a noun from 1711.
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