Word · Frequency #26424
imbecile
/ˈɪmbəsəl/
noun
低能者；智力低下者
a person with subnormal intelligence
- 1.
a person of subnormal intelligence
智力低下的人
智力低下的人；低能者；痴呆；蠢人
In use
Don't treat him like an imbecile; he just needs more time to understand.
The novel's main character is an imbecile who trusts everyone he meets.
Only an imbecile would try to walk on that thin ice.
Connections
Collocations
- complete imbecile
- 彻头彻尾的白痴
- He drove through the red light like a complete imbecile.他像个彻头彻尾的白痴一样闯了红灯。
- you imbecile
- 你这个白痴
- Watch where you're going, you imbecile!看着点路，你这个白痴！
- imbecile grin
- 傻笑
- She gave me that imbecile grin and said nothing.她朝我傻笑了一下，什么也没说。
- like an imbecile
- 像个白痴一样
- He was staring at the screen like an imbecile.他像个白痴一样盯着屏幕。
- a pack of imbeciles
- 一群白痴
- Only a pack of imbeciles would elect him.只有一群白痴才会选他。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象上司骂‘You imbecile!’，气急败坏的样子——就是‘蠢货’。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：informal speech、insults and ridicule 这个词通常用于口语，尤其在辱骂或贬低他人时，带有较强的冒犯性；在正式或书面语境中很少使用。现代英语中应尽量避免使用，以免冒犯他人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音提示：美式英语中，facile、docile、missile 均以 /səl/ 结尾，与 imbecile 的 /səl/ 尾音一致，但因重音不同而非完全押韵；reconcile、domicile 拼写含 -cile，却读作 /saɪl/，是形近音异词；hostile 美式读 /stəl/，也需注意区分。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.