Imbecility

(noun.) retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot.

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• I spit upon his house, upon his name, upon his imbecility, all of which she makes the carpet represent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Incredible imbecility! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• So with him we have played that game which has vanquished so many guides for us --imbecility and idiotic questions. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They could not have done so if they had wished to, and if it had been possible general imbecility would have been the only outcome. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The beginning of all effort has indeed with me been marked by a preternatural imbecility. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Mrs. Gradgrind faintly looked at the tongs, as the most appropriate thing her imbecility could think of doing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Yah, the imbecility of the whole set of 'em! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• When I came to myself, he told me that he concluded I had been dead; for these people are subject to no such imbecilities of nature. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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