fainter

英 [ˈfeɪntə]

美 [ˈfeɪntər]

adj.  (光、声、味)微弱的，不清楚的; 微小的; 可能性不大的; 不热情的; 不积极的
faint的比较级

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。

双语例句

• The beating of his heart grew fainter.
  他的心脏跳动越来越无力了。
• His respiration grew fainter throughout the day.
  一天当中，他的呼吸越来越微弱。
• Life signs even fainter than the first one.
  生命迹象比前一个更加微弱。
• German regulators are watchful, and owner-occupation in the country stands at just 46%, so any rise in prices has a fainter "wealth effect" than in Britain, say, where 66% of homes are owner-occupied.
  德国监管机构时刻警惕，并且该国业主对房屋拥有率也只有46%，而英国这一比例达到66%，因此与其相比，价格的任何上涨所带来的“财富效应”都要更小。
• More of the fainter meteors will be visible from the countryside, away from city lights.
  远离城市光源，在郊外乡村能看到更多微亮的流星。
• His whisper was getting fainter and fainter, and all the time he stared straight out through the porthole, in which there was not even a star to be seen.
  他的耳语越来越轻，两只眼睛一直盯着舷窗向外看，可那连一颗星星都没有。
• What both groups found was that the light from distant supernovae was fainter than predicted.
  两个团队共同的发现是，来自遥远距离的超新星发出的光亮比预期的更加微弱。
• But the Nightingale'voice grew fainter, and her little wings began to beat, and a film came over her eyes.
  夜莺的歌声渐渐微弱，她的小翅膀拍打起来，眼睛越发的迷茫。
• The sounds of music grew fainter in the distance.
  音乐的声音在远处逐渐模糊了。
• Yet that great sound became indistinct again, became fainter, and disappeared; all that remained from this metamorphosis was a lonely void.
  然而巨声却又模糊了，低微了，消失了；蜕化下来的只是一段寂寞的虚空。