faintest
美 [ˈfeɪntəst] 
英 [ˈfeɪntɪst]
- v.昏过去；消失〔古语〕衰弱颓丧；昏厥
- n.昏厥；昏厥；眼花
- adj.昏眩；（光、声、味）微弱的；微小的；可能性不大的；模糊的；无力的；无勇气的；将昏倒似的
- 网络最微弱的；极小的
英汉双解
1. | （光、声、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╱闪光╱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. 他们沿路走远时我们听见他们的说话声逐渐模糊。 |
| His breathing became faint. 他的呼吸变得微弱了。 |
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. 她的病还有一点点希望可以治愈。 |
| They don't have the faintest chance of winning. 他们毫无获胜的可能。 |
3. | 不热情的；不积极的not enthusiastic |
| a faint show of resistance 软弱无力装模作样的抵抗 |
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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. 那些走路的人饿得头昏眼花。 |
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. 她告诉我时我吃惊得差点儿昏过去。 |
1. | [sing] 昏厥the state of becoming unconscious |
| He fell to the ground in a dead faint. 他跌倒在地，昏死过去。 |
习惯用语
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. 我一点也不明白你的意思。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
The faintest star you can see with a telescope (under excellent seeing conditions) is referred to as the limiting magnitude.
通过望远镜（观察条件相当良好）所能看到的最暗的星的等级称作边缘亮度。
I picture him swinging it, whistling in that quietly cheerful way he had, glancing over at me with the faintest of smiles.
我眼前又浮现他挥动锤子，我为他默默打气，看着我，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，你根本不知道你是谁。连照镜子都不能使你想起来。
You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about. You've never been out of Boston.
你只是个孩子。你根本不知道自己在说什么。你从来没离开过波士顿。
SEAN : You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea of what you're talkin' about.
尚恩：你只是个孩子，你根本不晓得你在说什么。
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，在目前情况下，克林顿参议员要想夺取民主党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，在只有一点灯光的地方，我都看到过她，好像老鼠在啮嚼什么东西似地读起单字来。
His countenance remained immovable , only there was the faintest conceivable tremor of the white attenuated mouth.
他的面容没有变化，只是那白色的，薄薄的咀巴有点儿极轻微可见的颤动。
' He continues: 'Turning southward, they paddled down the stream, through a solitude unrelieved by the faintest trace of man.
他继续说：“向南一拐，他们沿河划桨，穿过一片没有一点人迹的、冷僻、单调的野地。”
For a moment, the closed eye lids trembled, and the nostril quivered, and the faintest shadow of a smile was seen.
片刻间，闭合的眼睑颤动了一下，鼻孔翕动了一下，还可以看到那极为微弱的笑影。
Not until the microscope had been discovered could the faintest idea of the texture of the nervous tissue be formed.
在显微镜发明之前，关于神经组织的结构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.
他想必不会认可同时使用两台双显示器的做法，假如他对双显示器有一丁点概念的话。
From then on, whenever we glimpse the faintest possibility that our "selves" might be threatened with annihilation, we lie.
从那时候起，只要我们稍微的察觉到对“我们自己”造成毁灭的，最为微末的可能性；我们就撒谎。
"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.
“我问的根本不是你说的那意思，”穿白色大衣的人说，抓住他的胳膊，护送他来到走廊。
Not the faintest sound of any kind could be heard.
连最细微的声音也听不到。
Most welcome of all, there was a return to music, introduced gently, so as not to bear the faintest whiff of popery .
最受人欢迎的是，人们逐渐回归音乐，这样就可以免受天主教会制度的影响。
There is not the faintest shadow of that kind of hardship today.
今天的人们丝毫没有想象过要经历这样的苦难。
and with her faintest sigh she opens her thighs and pursues.
与她微弱的叹息，她打开她的大腿和追求。
CK cracks the faintest of smiles, shakes his head. "I am not going to answer that. "
CK“噗”地轻笑出声，然后摇了摇头说，“我不会回答这个问题的。”
Of this man, who was his savior, nothing; not a trace; not the faintest indication.
关于这个人，他的救命人，没有消息，毫无迹象，连一点征兆也没有。
That constitutes the faintest of silver linings for the party in an otherwise dismal night.
在这个凄凉的夜晚这对于民主党人而言简直就是雪上加霜。
there was not the faintest stir in the hand , nor in any muscle of the counts face.
无论是伯爵的手，还是他脸上的筋肉都不会颤动了。
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.
扩音器上的细胞极为敏感，我们听到的最微弱的声音也会使纤毛产生比一个原子直径还小的摆动。
Mr Zhou's remarks offer the faintest hint that Beijing may consider convertibility marginally sooner than many have been assuming.
周小川的言论提供了一个极其模糊的暗示，即中国政府考虑实现人民币自由兑换的时间，也许会比许多人所期待的略早一些。
Charlie and I don't have the faintest idea where the markets are going.
查理和我一点都不知道下周、下个月和明年的市场走向。
I haven't the faintest idea of what you mean. Would you please elaborate on it?
我一点也不懂你的意思，你能详细地解释一下吗？
The faintest assured objection which one healthy man feels will at length prevail over the arguments and customs of mankind.
一个健康的人内心最微弱的肯定的反对，都能战胜人间的种种雄辩和习俗。
Why do I run to this neighbor and that when God is so near and will hear my faintest call?
为什么我还要跑东跑西去请教我的亲朋邻舍呢？上帝不是就在这里么？
I don't have the faintest idea why she did this.
我根本不知道她为什么这样做。
Congressional investigations and litigation have shed only the faintest light on Cheney's role in Bush's biggest blunders.
国会的调查和诉讼已经表明，在布什总统这个最大的错误上，切尼只是个不起眼的角色。
'I haven't the faintest idea, ' he snapped and hung up on her.
“我怎么知道？”他厉声说道，并挂断了电话。
They no longer addressed each other, they listened, seeking to catch even the faintest and most distant sound of marching.
他们没有谈话，他们侧耳细听，听那些最远和最微弱的脚步声。
I have not the faintest suspicion of His being the chief plotter of the affair.
我一点儿也没有怀疑他是这个事件的主谋
Protests with the faintest whiff of political opposition have been shut down by riot police.
该国反对党最为微弱的抗议之声也被防暴警察迅速熄灭。
Laughter is the best medicine for transforming the faintest of glimmers of hope into an eternal spring.
笑是最好的药物转化为最暗的一线希望到一个永恒的春天。
A war with Iran is not particularly likely, but even the faintest possibility is unsettling.
虽然与伊朗的战争并非必然，但即使有微乎其微的可能性也会令人不安。
Now they anticipate where elk will calve and search in a pattern for the faintest scent.
现在，他们预期麋鹿将要产仔的地方并循着最微弱的气味搜寻。
The large, tubular eyes collects the faintest of light and focuses on targets both close and far.
它的一对大眼睛可以在光线昏暗的水下同时瞄准近处和远处的猎物。
Miles and miles of stone prisons without the faintest glow of warmth; the dogs and the cats are all inside with the canary buds.
这是连绵多少英里的石筑监牢，里面没有一丝热气，狗和猫全同金丝雀一道呆在屋里，蟑螂和臭虫都被妥当地监禁起来了。
At its thickest, it could smother, and it could transform the faintest hint of a cough into pneumonia.
在它浓浓的地方，它能够使人窒息，它能使微弱的咳嗽变成肺炎。
