effete

adj.

1. 衰弱的；衰败的；丧失权力的
   weak; without the power that it once had
2. 软弱的；女人气的
   without strength; looking or behaving like a woman

1. ADJ-GRADED 软弱的;无权力的;怯懦的
   If you describe someone as effete, you are criticizing them for being weak and powerless.
   1. ...the charming but effete Russian gentry of the 1840s and 1850s.
      19世纪四五十年代迷人但怯懦的俄国贵族

1. Effete heart needs a moment rest
   疲惫的心灵也需要片刻的停歇
2. Here was I thinking you a new-sprung child of nature; there were you, the belated seedling of an effete aristocracy!
   我原来以为你是一个自然的新生女儿；谁知道你竟是一个没落了的贵族家庭的后裔呢！
3. Now of painting, and unprecedented expansion team to an art popularization and enhancement of complement each other, how can we say that it is an effete art?
   现在的绘画队伍空前壮大，而一种艺术的普及与提高是相辅相成的，我们怎能说它是一门没落的艺术呢？
4. The effete, preposterous Anthony blanche.
   那个软弱、荒唐的安东尼布兰奇。
5. Ballet used to be considered an effete career for a young man.
   青年男子跳芭蕾被认为是一种太女人气的职业。
6. Watching the war on terror unfold, it is obvious that our laws and international agreements are seriously lagging behind, adrift in anachronism and effete ideology.
   看一看反恐战争的进程就知道，很明显我们的法律和国际协议都严重扯了后腿，充满了意识形态的痕迹和与时代的不相容。
7. This image of the poet as an effete young man women do not feature in this myth!
   而发笑。这幅图像的诗人，作为一个没落的年轻人女性不特征在这个神话！
8. Children were being killed because effete English folk would rather adjust the clocks than get up early.
   孩子们因事故丧生是因为没出息的英格兰人宁可调整时钟也不愿意早起。
9. For many years architecture, however, lagged far behind scholarship. Buildings continued to be put up in an effete, decorative Gothic style.
   许多年来的建筑总是落后于学术的进步，还是延续那种颓废的，装饰华丽的哥特式风格。
10. Discoloration of the tongue, commonly white, is due to deposits of epithelial debris, effete ( or worn-out) bacteria, and food.
    舌头的变色物质通常是白色的，由上皮细胞的沉淀物，死亡的细菌和食物组成。
11. In the twilight of his life. During the middle ages, Greek civilization declined and became effete.
    他一生中的衰落时期在中世纪期间，希腊文明开始衰落直至衰败。
12. Both were unpopular: Waugh as an effete reactionary; Orwell for his unfashionable anti-Stalinism.
    两人都不受欢迎：沃夫是一名疲弱的反动主义者；奥威尔则因为他那非主流的反斯大林主义。
13. 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。
14. Those engaged in the most effete of occupations, such as bond traders or barristers, are at pains to emphasise how arduous their jobs are.
    那些从事最不费力气工作的人，比如债券交易员或出庭律师，不遗余力地强调自己的工作有多么辛苦。
15. A decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility; a group of effete self-professed intellectuals.
    钱太多又没有责任感的堕落生活；一群颓废的自由职业知识分子。
16. At present the system has been put into practical use and has a good effete on information control.
    目前，该系统现已投入实际工作应用，对提高网络信息的控制能力起到了一定的作用。
17. To evaluate the effete of treatment of stenosis in upper digestive tract by using oil-pumped and pulse bladder expanding.
    目的评价油压脉冲式球囊扩张法对上消化道管腔狭窄的疗效。
18. The third part discusses the effete of exercising subrogation.
    第三部分是关于债权代位权的实行效果。
19. The research about the exhibition and character on the leaf effete of different temperature-type wheat in the drouthy condition
    干旱条件下不同温度型小麦叶片衰老的表观性状研究
20. Some enterprises are growing fast, and some are effete quietly after booming for a few years.
    有的企业能够快速成长，有的企业却是风光繁荣几年后悄然没落。
21. However, there has been debate on the effete of system rockbolts for soil tunnel structure.
    但系统锚杆在土质隧道支护结构中有无作用一直存在争论。

adj

1. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
   1. a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility
   2. a group of effete self-professed intellectuals

   Synonym:    decadent