imbecile

imbecile

英 ['ɪmbɪsiːl]
　　美 ['ɪmbɪsaɪl]

n. 低能者；愚蠢的人
　　adj. 低能的；愚笨的；虛弱的

中文詞源：

imbecile 笨蛋，弱智

im-,不，非，bec-,支撐，桿，詞源同bachelor,bacillus.即無支撐的，虛弱的，後來詞義惡化為笨蛋，弱智。

例句：

1. It was an imbecile thing to do.
這麼做很愚蠢。

2. For two years that imbecile threw his money away like this.
兩年來那個傻瓜就像這樣揮霍錢財.

3. Did you ever see anything so imbecile as her mother?
象她母親那樣無用的人,你說少見不少見?

4. He was an imbecile to sign a contract with them.
他跟他們簽合同,真是愚不可及.

5. I've very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit.
我 倒 想狠狠地搖撼你, 就因為你的可鄙的奸詐, 和你那低能的奇想.