flimsy，frail，[医] fragile，vulnerable，brittle ；

[例句] 他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。 He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.

[例句] 神经脆弱的政治家们似乎更容易接受一种循序渐进的做法。 Nervous politicians might well feel more comfortable with a step-by-step approach.

faltering，halting，staggering，tottering，hitchy ；

[例句] 老人家蹒跚的脚步显出她体质衰弱. The old woman's halting steps revealed the feebleness of her constitution.

[例句] 他只有几位举止文雅, 步履蹒跚的年老邻居. He had only gentle, dotty old neighbors.

feebleminded，imbecile，[医] hypophrenic，katakinetomeric，moronic ；

[例句] 这最多也不过是一批低能的小人物自己干的无聊把戏而已. At worst some egregious minion had conducted a childish private enterprise.

[例句] 我 倒 想狠狠地摇撼你, 就因为你的可鄙的奸诈, 和你那低能的奇想. I've very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit.

doughy，half-baked，half-boiled，rare，half-cooked ；

[例句] 有的人喜欢半熟的牛肉. Some people like beef underdone.

[例句] 你们要的烤牛肉是半熟的, 适中的,还是熟透的? How do you like your roast beef, rare, medium or well done?

dingy，floppy，rinky-dink，sloppy，grubby ；

[例句] 他们周末穿着邋遢的毛衫和裤子到处闲逛。 They knock around on weekends in grubby sweaters and pants.

[例句] 他跟着她上了一段摇摇晃晃的楼梯，来到了一间邋遢的卧室起居室两用房间。 He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.

inhibitory，low-key，[计] inhibited，inhibiting，prohibitive ；

[例句] 他们的贪食是传奇性的,甚至强壮的战士也会因为提起他们而无法抑制的颤抖. Their voracity is legendary and even the most hardened warriors cannot repress a shiver if one speaks about them.

[例句] 一种不可抑制的情感促使海丝特向近处靠去. An irresistible feeling kept Hester near the spot.

hypnotic，narcotic，[医] hypnagogic，hypnagogue，somniferous ；

[例句] 他的声音有一种近乎催眠的作用。 His voice had an almost hypnotic effect.

[例句] 被催眠的病人逐渐进入昏睡状态. Patients under hypnosis pass into a trance - like state.

silent，mum，[法] dumb，voiceless，mute ；

[例句] 她是一位瘦小、沉默的女子，面容消瘦，头发稀疏。 She was a small, silent woman with pinched features and thin hair.

[例句] 窗里是沉默的紧张. A tense silence hung over the room.

abstemious，managing，[经] economical，saving，canny ；

[例句] 能源节约的理念产生于1973年的石油危机。 Energy conservation as a philosophy was born out of the 1973 oil crisis.

[例句] 化工厂提出增产节约的倡仪,其他工厂随即响应. The chemical plant proposed to increase production and practise economy and other factories presently responded.

impatient，irritable，snappish，hot-headed，edgy ；

[例句] 他的脾气是最急躁的. His temper is of the quickest.

[例句] 她让这个急躁的孩子平静下来. She quieted the fretful child.

foul，rank，[医] fetid，putrid，effluvial ；

[例句] 城市被一团恶臭的烟云笼罩着。 The city is covered by a foul-smelling cloud of smoke.

[例句] 那样做虽不能将污物全部冲掉，但应该能疏通一些散发恶臭的排水管。 That won't flush out all the sewage, but it should unclog some stinking drains.

gravid，impregnate，pregnant，[医] cyophoric，childing ；

[例句] 过去10年中，少女怀孕的现象不断增多。 Teenage conceptions have risen steadily in the last ten years.

[例句] 她隐瞒了自己怀孕的事，直到孩子出世。 She concealed her pregnancy right up to the moment of birth.

gallant，glorious，imperial，imposing，princely ；

[例句] 从这座房子可以俯瞰到特拉华湾壮丽的景致。 The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.

[例句] 从这所房子可以看到所能想象的最壮丽的景色。 The house has the most spectacular views imaginable.

exaggerated，high-flown，[医] grandiose，bombastic，blusterous ；

[例句] 灾害预警有被夸大的可能。 Warnings of disaster may be overblown.

[例句] 人们不会相信老是夸大的人. People will not believe a man who always lays on the colours.

exceeding，superlative，[医] hypernomic，excessive，exorbitant ；

[例句] 几位著名的研究人员正在研究通气过度的后果。 Several notable researchers are studying the effects of hyperventilation.

[例句] 这样过度的赞扬使人难以置信. Such lavish praise was hard to believe.

overmuch，plethoric，[医] luxuriant，redundant，overfull ；

[例句] 这可能会在即将开启的谈判问题上给委员会带来过多的影响。 It might give the Commission undue influence over the coming negotiations.

[例句] 不要承担过多的责任。 Don't take on more responsibilities than you can handle.

redundant，spare，[计] expletory，superfluous，excrescent ；

[例句] 壁橱最下面的抽屉里还有一条多余的毯子。 There's an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.

[例句] 多余的资金可以用于改善公共交通系统。 The extra money could be spent on improving public transport.

reasonable，logical，[医] rational，just，sane ；

[例句] 大多数医生似乎都接受顺势疗法是一种合理的医疗手段。 Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.

[例句] 这些家庭当中只有三分之一认为用水表计量是合理的。 Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water.

funny，ridiculous，absurd，laughing，burlesque ；

[例句] 对如此荒谬可笑的情况我感到越来越生气。 I find myself growing increasingly angry at the absurdity of the situation.

[例句] 他滑稽可笑的形象只是用来掩饰内心深处痛苦的假面具。 His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness.

farinaceous，mealy，[医] powdered，powdery，floury ；

[例句] 大多数合成洗洁剂是粉状的或“液体”的. Most synthetic detergents are in the form of powder or liquid.

[例句] 母亲捏紧了谷物饼,饼干碎成了粉状的细屑. She squeezed the corn puffs and they crumbled into floury dust.