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A weakling is a person or animal that is not strong. The main picture is the body — a thin child who cannot lift the box, the smallest puppy in the litter who cannot push in to feed.
A weakling is a person or animalweakling指的是人或動物， that is not strong不強壯的那種。 The main picture is the body主要的畫面是身體—— a thin child who cannot lift the box一個瘦弱到搬不動箱子的小孩、 the smallest puppy in the litter who cannot push in to feed一窩小狗裡擠不進去吃奶的那隻最小的。
It is an insult, and it usually comes from the world of boys, gyms and playgrounds, where old advertisements used to promise to turn the 'ninety-pound weakling' into a muscular man. Because of that history it carries a whiff of bullying, and it is a favourite word of the person doing the bullying.
It is an insult這是個侮辱詞， and it usually comes from the world of boys, gyms and playgrounds通常來自男孩、健身房和操場的世界， where old advertisements used to promise to turn the 'ninety-pound weakling' into a muscular man早期的廣告常常保證要把「九十磅的weakling」變成肌肉男。 Because of that history it carries a whiff of bullying因為這段歷史，這個字帶著一股霸凌的味道， and it is a favourite word of the person doing the bullying也是霸凌者最愛用的字眼之一。
People also stretch it beyond the body: a leader with no power, a country with no army, a currency losing value can all be called a weakling, and here the point is 'small and unable to fight back'. Like and , it can be used of character too — someone who cannot bear pain or difficulty.
People also stretch it beyond the body人們也會把這個字延伸到身體以外： a leader with no power, a country with no army, a currency losing value can all be called a weakling沒有實權的領導人、沒有軍隊的國家、正在貶值的貨幣，都可以被叫做weakling， and here the point is 'small and unable to fight back'這時重點是「弱小、無力反擊」。 Like weak-kneed and weak-willed就像weak-kneed和weak-willed一樣， it can be used of character too它也可以用在性格上—— someone who cannot bear pain or difficulty指承受不了痛苦或困難的人。
It is usually spoken, and rather informal. Note that -ling in English often adds a feeling of 'small and pitiable': , , .
It is usually spoken這個字通常用在口語， and rather informal相當不正式。 Note that -ling in English often adds a feeling of 'small and pitiable'要注意英文的「-ling」常常帶有「弱小、可憐」的感覺： ducklingduckling（小鴨）、 nestlingnestling（雛鳥）、 underlingunderling（小跟班）。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
weaklingnoun/ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/
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A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.
- “Mon Dieu!” he soliloquized, “but they are all alike. Cheating, murdering, lying, fighting, and all for things that the beasts of the jungle would not deign to possess—money to purchase the effeminate pleasures of weaklings. And yet withal bound down by silly customs that make them slaves to their unhappy lot while firm in the belief that they be the lords of creation enjoying the only real pleasures of existence.
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A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
- c.1551, Hugh Latimer, a sermon in Lincolnshire We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.
- Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
weaklingadj/ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/
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weak, either physically, morally or mentally
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。