effete
adjective /ɪˈfiːt/
/ɪˈfiːt/
(disapproving)- (of a person
人 效果： 以别人认为愚蠢，不重要和不真诚的态度和兴趣- They despised us as effete art students.
他们鄙视我们，认为我们是懦弱的艺术学生。
- They despised us as effete art students.
- weak; without the power that it once had
衰弱的；衰败的；丧失权力的 - an effete monarchy
衰弱的君主政体
- an effete monarchy
- (of a man
男人 软弱的；女人气的
词源early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘no longer fertile’): from Latin effetus ‘worn out by bearing young’, from ex- ‘out’ + fetus ‘breeding’; related to fetus.