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

• 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。
• This impressive color composite highlights details within the well-studied central region and fainter, seldom imaged features in the nebula's outer halo.
  这令人印象深刻的混色将星云为人研究透彻的中心部分和其黯淡，很少被观察到的外部光环的细节展现了出来。
• 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。
• 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。
• The double hill behind me and the Spy-glass on my right hand loomed faint and fainter; the stars were few and pale;
  我身后的双峰山和我右边的望远镜山越来越模糊，几颗暗淡的星星挂在天空。
• 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。
• Yet that great sound became indistinct again, became fainter, and disappeared;
  远处传来的喊声逐渐地消失了。然而巨声却又模糊了，低微了，消失了；
• 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。
• Immediately the thumping began again-very loud at first but soon fainter and fainter, till it died out in the direction of the sea.
  砰砰声立刻又响起了&开头很响，不久就越来越弱，越来越弱，直到最后在靠海的那边消失了。