weak‧ness W3 / wiknəs, wiknɪs / 名词

1 fault [可数名词] a fault in someone’s character or in a system, organization, design etc :

The legislation has a fundamental weakness.

The plan has strengths and weaknesses .

2 lack of power [不可数名词] lack of strength, power, or influence

weakness in

weakness in the economy

weakness of

the growing weakness of local government

3 body [不可数名词] the state of being physically weak :

muscular weakness

weakness in

weakness in the right arm

4 character [不可数名词] lack of determination shown in someone’s behaviour :

He couldn’t explain his weakness in giving in to her demands.

I dared not cry or show any sign of weakness .

weakness of

his weakness of character

5 money [不可数名词] the condition of not being worth a lot of money

weakness of

the weakness of the pound against the dollar

6 a weakness for something if you have a weakness for something, you like it very much even though it may not be good for you :

I have a real weakness for fashionable clothes.

THESAURUS

something wrong

fault a problem in a machine, system, design etc that causes damage or makes it not work properly : The fire was caused by an electrical fault. | a fault in the engine

defect a fault in something such as a product or machine, resulting from the way it was made or designed : Cars are tested for defects before they leave the factory.

weakness a part of a plan, system, or argument that is not as good as the other parts, and makes it likely to fail : What are the strengths and weaknesses of each method?

flaw a fault in a plan, system, argument etc, especially one that makes it useless or not effective : Your argument has a fundamental flaw. | There was one major flaw in his suggestion – we didn’t have enough money.

bug a fault in a computer program : A bug in the system was quickly fixed.

glitch a small fault in the way something works, that can usually be easily corrected : I noticed a small glitch when installing the software.

mistake something that is wrong in someone’s spelling, grammar, calculations etc : The article was full of spelling mistakes.

there’s something wrong with something used when saying that there is a problem in a machine, car etc, but you do not know what it is : There’s something wrong with the computer – it won’t close down.