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单词 weakness
释义 weak·ness
noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English waikenes, weikenes, from waike, weike weak + -nes -ness
1. : the quality or state of being weak : want of strength : lack of vigor
 < it was a month after his illness before he recovered from his weakness >
also : an instance or a period of feebleness or vacillation
 < agreed in a moment of weakness to become chairman >
2. : something that is a mark of lack of strength or resolution : fault, defect
 < admitting frankly the possession of vices and weaknesses that all of us have and few of us care to acknowledge — H.L.Mencken >
3. : an object of special desire, concern, or fondness
 < weakness for salted peanuts >
 < the thirteenth century had a weakness for the word speculum — H.O.Taylor >
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