effete

英 [ɪ'fiːt] 美 [ɪ'fiːt]

• adj. 贫瘠的；衰弱的；无能力的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay;

   "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"
   "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. People said the aristocracy was effete.
   人们说贵族阶级已是日薄西山了。
2. During the middle ages, Greek civilization declined and became effete.
   在中世纪期间，希腊文明开始衰落直至衰败。

经典引文

• Nature..was as if effete now; could not any longer produce Great Men.

  出自： Carlyle

近反义词

【近义词】

• feminine 女性的
• worthless 无价值的
• decadent 堕落的