ef·fete /ɛˈfit, ɪ-/
(a.)筋疲力盡的,疲憊的,衰微的
Ef·fete a. No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.
Effete results from virile efforts. --Mrs. Browning
If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. --Burke.
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effete
adj : marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a
decadent life of excessive money and no sense of
responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed
intellectuals" [syn: decadent]