a. 低能的, 愚钝的, 虚弱的

n. 低能者, 痴呆, 蠢人

[医] 痴愚的, 痴愚者

Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, v. t.
To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.


Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, a. [L. imbecillis, and imbecillus; of
unknown origin: cf. F. imb['e]cile.]
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble;
impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals
for the imbecile and insane.

Syn: Weak; feeble; feeble-minded; idiotic.


Imbecile \Im"be*cile\, n.
1. One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind; --
sometimes used as a pejorative term.

2. (Psychology) A person with a degree of mental retardation
between that of an idiot and a moron; in a former
classification of mentally retarded person, it applied to
a person with an adult mental age of from four to eith
years, and an I.Q. of from 26 to 50.
[PJC]