Picture legs that will not hold you after an illness — the strength that should be there simply is not. The word then travels outward: to power a country or a currency lacks, to the one thin spot in a plan, and to the will that gives way when .

可以想成:大病一場之後想站起來,腿卻撐不住——該有的力氣就是不在。這個「力量不足」的畫面往外走三步:往大處走,變成一個國家、一種貨幣缺乏力量;往結構走,變成整個計畫上最撐不住的那一處;往人心走,變成守不住、一誘惑就讓步的意志。

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

weaknessnoun/ˈwiːk.nɪs/

  • 1

    The condition of being weak.

    • Near-synonyms: debility, frailty, vulnerability; vincibility
    • In a small number of horses, muscle weakness may progress to paralysis.
  • 2

    An inadequate quality; fault.

    • His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness.
    • The only weakness in her plan was its reliance on the electricity being up and running.
  • 3

    A special fondness or obsessing desire.

    • She is an athlete who has a weakness for chocolate.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。