Tra từ weak - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

weak [weak weaker weakest] BrE [wiːk] NAmE [wiːk] adjective (weaker, weakest)

NOT PHYSICALLY STRONG
1. not physically strong
• She is still weak after her illness.
• His legs felt weak.
•She suffered from a weak heart.

LIKELY TO BREAK
2. that cannot support a lot of weight; likely to break
• That bridge is too weak for heavy traffic.

WITHOUT POWER
3. easy to influence; not having much power
•a weak and cowardly man
•In a weak moment (= when I was easily persuaded) I said she could borrow the car.
•a weak leader
• The unions have always been weak in this industry.

POOR/SICK PEOPLE
4. the weaknoun plural people who are poor, sick or without power

CURRENCY/ECONOMY
5. not ↑financially strong or successful
•a weak currency
• The economy is very weak.

NOT GOOD AT STH
6. not good at sth
•a weak team
•~ in sth I was always weak in the science subjects.

NOT CONVINCING
7. that people are not likely to believe or be persuaded by
Syn: ↑unconvincing
•weak arguments
• I enjoyed the movie but I thought the ending was very weak.

HARD TO SEE/HEAR
8. not easily seen or heard
•a weak light/signal/sound

WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM
9. done without enthusiasm or energy
•a weak smile
• He made a weak attempt to look cheerful.

LIQUID
10. a weak liquid contains a lot of water
•weak tea

POINT/SPOT
11. ~ point/spot the part of a person's character, an argument, etc. that is easy to attack or criticize
• The team's weak points are in defence.
• He knew her weak spot where Steve was concerned.

GRAMMAR
12. a weak verb forms the past tense and past participle by adding a regular ending and not by changing a vowel. In English this is done by adding -d, -ed or -t (for example walk, walked)

PHONETICS
13. (of the pronunciation of some words)used when there is no stress on the word. For example, the weak form of and is /[ən] / or /[n] /, as in bread and butter /[ˌbred n ˈbʌtə(r)] /.
Opp: ↑strong
more at the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak at ↑spirit _n.
Idioms: ↑weak at the knees ▪ ↑weak link

Word Origin:
Old English wāc ‘pliant’, ‘of little worth’, ‘not steadfast’, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse veikr, from a Germanic base meaning ‘yield, give way’.

Example Bank:
•He was weak with hunger.
•He's weak in English.
•Her legs felt suddenly weak.
•She was weak from shock.
•She's rather weak at languages.
•The essay was a bit weak on detail.
•The judge decided the evidence was inherently weak and inconsistent.
•When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating.
•The case for the prosecution was rather weak.
•The weak winter sunlight spread across the lake.
•weak arguments/evidence