adj.微弱的；无力的；模糊的
v.昏倒
n.昏厥；昏倒
A faint hope still flickered in her breast. 一种微弱的希望仍在她的心中闪动着。
He could discern a faint light ahead in the forest. 他能看到前面森林里有一线微弱的灯光。
I heard a faint sound in the distance. 我听到远处有个微弱的声音。
Every time I think of it I feel faint! 每次想到这些
All you can see is a faint reflection in his eyes. 你所能看到的只是他双眼的模糊的映像。
She saw a faint mark on the horizon, and gradually it took shape. 她瞥见天边出现了一个模糊的痕迹，慢慢形成可以辨认的形状。
用作动词 (v.)You'd better attend to that girl. I think she's going to faint. 你最好去照顾那女孩，我看她快昏倒了。
The princess went very pale and looked as though she was about to faint. 公主一下子脸色变得非常苍白，看起来仿佛就要昏倒似的。
用作名词 (n.)The little girl went off in a faint,but the doctor pulled her round very soon. 小女孩昏倒了，但医生很快使她苏醒过来。
faint的基本意思是“微弱的,模糊的,暗淡的,隐约的”,指事物或声音等由于处于较远的距离或由于其他原因而显得不清楚或不明显; 也可指因身体不好而造成的“无力,虚弱”; 还可指对某事所采取的手段不够强硬而显得“无力,无甚效果”。
faint多用来修饰抽象名词,如声音、希望等。
v.(动词)faint用作动词时的意思是“晕倒,昏倒”,指由于受外界因素的影响(如饥饿、炎热、恐惧、震惊、痛苦等)而暂时失去知觉。faint引申还可以指“消失,褪色”。
faint主要用作不及物动词,后常接副词away,表示“昏过去”“消失”。
faint后可接介词from或with,也可接复合介词because of,三者意思上没有明显差别。
n.(名词)faint用作名词时意思是“昏厥,不省人事”,指人处于无知觉或不省人事的状态,这种状态可维持一段较长的时间,也可能只是暂时的。
faint常以单数形式出现。
