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单词 imbecilely
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
im•be•cile /ˈɪmbəsɪl, -səl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Psychologyformerly, a person classified in a low rank of mental retardation.
  2. a stupid person; fool;
    idiot:Some imbecile smashed our car.
im•be•cil•ic /ˌɪmbəˈsɪlɪk/USA pronunciation  adj. 
im•be•cil•i•ty /ˌɪmbəˈsɪlɪti/USA pronunciation  n., pl. -ties [uncountable]a condition of imbecility.[countable]One of his newest imbecilities was trying to hitch a cat to a cart.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
im•be•cile  (imbə sil, -səl or, esp. Brit., -sēl′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Psychologya person of the second order in a former classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50.
  2. a dunce;
    blockhead;
    dolt.

adj. 
  1. mentally feeble.
  2. showing mental feebleness or incapacity.
  3. stupid;
    silly;
    absurd.
  4. [Archaic.]weak or feeble.
  • Latin imbēcillus weak; -ile replacing -ill by confusion with suffix -ile
  • earlier imbecill 1540–50
imbe•cile•ly, adv. 

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