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

• Every moment her light was growing fainter; and he knew that if it went out she would be no more. She liked his tears so much that she put out her beautiful finger and let them run over it.
  叮叮铃的亮光越来越暗了；彼得知道，要是这亮光熄灭了，叮叮铃就不复存在了。叮叮铃喜欢彼得的眼泪，她伸出美丽的手指，让眼泪在她手指上滚过。
• The stars grew fainter and the sky, shrouded by a murkiness that could have been clouds or mist, seemed much higher than before.
  星星渐稀，天上罩着一层似云又似雾的灰气，暗淡，可是比以前高起许多去。
• The sounds of music grew fainter in the distance.
  音乐的声音在远处逐渐模糊了。
• Fainter markings, called shadow stripes, sometimes show up between the black stripes ( 1).
  模糊标记，或叫阴影条纹，有时显现在黑色条纹之间。
• Brighter stars will generally have a much lower RMS, but fainter objects will show larger values.
  亮的恒星通常有一个比较低的均方根，而暗的目标则具有较大的均方根。
• The sounds grew fainter.
  声音渐渐微弱。
• That will help spot the fainter galaxies, Robertson says, eliminating the need for extrapolation.
  罗伯特森称，这样将有助于发现那些较为暗淡的星系，不再需要使用推断法。
• But when Doyle and his colleagues looked more closely, they saw another series of dips much fainter, suggesting there was a much smaller object passing in front of at least one of stars.
  当科尔道南和他的同事近距离观察时，他们看到了另些更微弱的亮度间隔，这表明了有一个更小的物从多于一颗星球前经过。
• Life signs even fainter than the first one.
  生命迹象比前一个更加微弱。
• The beating of his heart grew fainter.
  他的心脏跳动越来越无力了。