faintest
美 [?fe?nt?st] 
英 [?fe?nt?st]
- v.昏過去；消失〔古語〕衰弱頹喪；昏厥
- n.昏厥；昏厥；眼花
- adj.昏眩；（光、聲、味）微弱的；微小的；可能性不大的；模糊的；無力的；無勇氣的；將昏倒似的
- 網絡最微弱的；極小的
英漢雙解
1. | （光、聲、味）微弱的，不清楚的that cannot be clearly seen, heard or smelt |
| a faint glow/glimmer/light 微弱的光亮╱閃光╱光 |
| a faint smell of perfume 淡淡的香水味 |
| We could hear their voices growing fainter as they walked down the road. 他們沿路走遠時我們聽見他們的說話聲逐漸模糊。 |
| His breathing became faint. 他的呼吸變得微弱了。 |
2. | 微小的；可能性不大的very small; possible but unlikely |
| There is still a faint hope that she may be cured. 她的病還有一點點希望可以治愈。 |
| They don't have the faintest chance of winning. 他們毫無獲勝的可能。 |
3. | 不熱情的；不積極的not enthusiastic |
| a faint show of resistance 軟弱無力裝模作樣的抵抗 |
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4. | [nbn] 昏眩；快要昏厥feeling weak and tired and likely to become unconscious |
| She suddenly felt faint. 她突然感到快要昏倒。 |
| The walkers were faint from hunger. 那些走路的人餓得頭昏眼花。 |
1. | [i] 昏厥to become unconscious when not enough blood is going to your brain, usually because of the heat, a shock, etc. |
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| Suddenly the woman in front of me fainted. 我面前的女人突然昏倒了。 |
| I almost fainted(= I was very surprised) when she told me. 她告訴我時我吃驚得差點兒昏過去。 |
1. | [sing] 昏厥the state of becoming unconscious |
| He fell to the ground in a dead faint. 他跌倒在地，昏死過去。 |
習慣用語
not have the faintest (idea)
完全不知道to not know anything at all about sth
| I didn't have the faintest idea what you meant. 我一點也不明白你的意思。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
The faintest star you can see with a telescope (under excellent seeing conditions) is referred to as the limiting magnitude.
通過望遠鏡（觀察條件相當良好）所能看到的最暗的星的等級稱作邊緣亮度。
I picture him swinging it, whistling in that quietly cheerful way he had, glancing over at me with the faintest of smiles.
我眼前又浮現他揮動錘子，我為他默默打氣，看著我，露出了甜美的微笑。
As if that weren't enough, you haven't the faintest idea who you are. Even a look in a mirror rings no bells.
更糟的是，你根本不知道你是誰。連照鏡子都不能使你想起來。
You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about. You've never been out of Boston.
你只是個孩子。你根本不知道自己在說什么。你從來沒離開過波士頓。
SEAN : You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea of what you're talkin' about.
尚恩：你只是個孩子，你根本不曉得你在說什么。
Conventional wisdom holds that, at this point, Hillary Clinton has only the faintest hopes of securing the Democratic nomination.
普遍的看法是，在目前情況下，克林頓參議員要想奪取民主黨提名的希望已非常渺茫。
I saw her in corners, in spots with merely the faintest glimmer of light, poring over her books like a rat gnawing at something.
在角落里，在只有一點燈光的地方，我都看到過她，好像老鼠在嚙嚼什么東西似地讀起單字來。
His countenance remained immovable , only there was the faintest conceivable tremor of the white attenuated mouth.
他的面容沒有變化，只是那白色的，薄薄的咀巴有點兒極輕微可見的顫動。
' He continues: 'Turning southward, they paddled down the stream, through a solitude unrelieved by the faintest trace of man.
他繼續說：“向南一拐，他們沿河劃槳，穿過一片沒有一點人跡的、冷僻、單調的野地。”
For a moment, the closed eye lids trembled, and the nostril quivered, and the faintest shadow of a smile was seen.
片刻間，閉合的眼瞼顫動了一下，鼻孔翕動了一下，還可以看到那極為微弱的笑影。
Not until the microscope had been discovered could the faintest idea of the texture of the nervous tissue be formed.
在顯微鏡發明之前，關于神經組織的結構即使是模糊的概念也不可能形成。
Presumably he would not have approved of the twin-monitor arrangement, had he had the faintest idea what a twin monitor was.
他想必不會認可同時使用兩臺雙顯示器的做法，假如他對雙顯示器有一丁點概念的話。
From then on, whenever we glimpse the faintest possibility that our "selves" might be threatened with annihilation, we lie.
從那時候起，只要我們稍微的察覺到對“我們自己”造成毀滅的，最為微末的可能性；我們就撒謊。
"I haven't the faintest idea what you're saying, " the white coat said, taking him by the arm and escorting him down the corridor.
“我問的根本不是你說的那意思，”穿白色大衣的人說，抓住他的胳膊，護送他來到走廊。
Not the faintest sound of any kind could be heard.
連最細微的聲音也聽不到。
Most welcome of all, there was a return to music, introduced gently, so as not to bear the faintest whiff of popery .
最受人歡迎的是，人們逐漸回歸音樂，這樣就可以免受天主教會制度的影響。
There is not the faintest shadow of that kind of hardship today.
今天的人們絲毫沒有想象過要經歷這樣的苦難。
and with her faintest sigh she opens her thighs and pursues.
與她微弱的嘆息，她打開她的大腿和追求。
CK cracks the faintest of smiles, shakes his head. "I am not going to answer that. "
CK“噗”地輕笑出聲，然后搖了搖頭說，“我不會回答這個問題的。”
Of this man, who was his savior, nothing; not a trace; not the faintest indication.
關于這個人，他的救命人，沒有消息，毫無跡象，連一點征兆也沒有。
That constitutes the faintest of silver linings for the party in an otherwise dismal night.
在這個凄涼的夜晚這對于民主黨人而言簡直就是雪上加霜。
there was not the faintest stir in the hand , nor in any muscle of the counts face.
無論是伯爵的手，還是他臉上的筋肉都不會顫動了。
The cells of the Corti are so sensitive that when we hear the faintest sounds, the hairs are moving less than the diameter of an atom.
擴音器上的細胞極為敏感，我們聽到的最微弱的聲音也會使纖毛產生比一個原子直徑還小的擺動。
Mr Zhou's remarks offer the faintest hint that Beijing may consider convertibility marginally sooner than many have been assuming.
周小川的言論提供了一個極其模糊的暗示，即中國政府考慮實現人民幣自由兌換的時間，也許會比許多人所期待的略早一些。
Charlie and I don't have the faintest idea where the markets are going.
查理和我一點都不知道下周、下個月和明年的市場走向。
I haven't the faintest idea of what you mean. Would you please elaborate on it?
我一點也不懂你的意思，你能詳細地解釋一下嗎？
The faintest assured objection which one healthy man feels will at length prevail over the arguments and customs of mankind.
一個健康的人內心最微弱的肯定的反對，都能戰勝人間的種種雄辯和習俗。
Why do I run to this neighbor and that when God is so near and will hear my faintest call?
為什么我還要跑東跑西去請教我的親朋鄰舍呢？上帝不是就在這里么？
I don't have the faintest idea why she did this.
我根本不知道她為什么這樣做。
Congressional investigations and litigation have shed only the faintest light on Cheney's role in Bush's biggest blunders.
國會的調查和訴訟已經表明，在布什總統這個最大的錯誤上，切尼只是個不起眼的角色。
'I haven't the faintest idea, ' he snapped and hung up on her.
“我怎么知道？”他厲聲說道，并掛斷了電話。
They no longer addressed each other, they listened, seeking to catch even the faintest and most distant sound of marching.
他們沒有談話，他們側耳細聽，聽那些最遠和最微弱的腳步聲。
I have not the faintest suspicion of His being the chief plotter of the affair.
我一點兒也沒有懷疑他是這個事件的主謀
Protests with the faintest whiff of political opposition have been shut down by riot police.
該國反對黨最為微弱的抗議之聲也被防暴警察迅速熄滅。
Laughter is the best medicine for transforming the faintest of glimmers of hope into an eternal spring.
笑是最好的藥物轉化為最暗的一線希望到一個永恒的春天。
A war with Iran is not particularly likely, but even the faintest possibility is unsettling.
雖然與伊朗的戰爭并非必然，但即使有微乎其微的可能性也會令人不安。
Now they anticipate where elk will calve and search in a pattern for the faintest scent.
現在，他們預期麋鹿將要產仔的地方并循著最微弱的氣味搜尋。
The large, tubular eyes collects the faintest of light and focuses on targets both close and far.
它的一對大眼睛可以在光線昏暗的水下同時瞄準近處和遠處的獵物。
Miles and miles of stone prisons without the faintest glow of warmth; the dogs and the cats are all inside with the canary buds.
這是連綿多少英里的石筑監牢，里面沒有一絲熱氣，狗和貓全同金絲雀一道呆在屋里，蟑螂和臭蟲都被妥當地監禁起來了。
At its thickest, it could smother, and it could transform the faintest hint of a cough into pneumonia.
在它濃濃的地方，它能夠使人窒息，它能使微弱的咳嗽變成肺炎。
