A feeble attempt is liable to fail.

愚蠢的尝试多半是要失败的。

youdao

Nino made a feeble attempt at opposition, but she took him by the hands and dragged him to his feet;

尼诺稍稍表示了一下反对，但是她拉着他的双手，将他拖了起来；

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Being less than authentic is rarely intentional-it is just our feeble attempt at trying to speak to issues in a way that meets the need of the moment.

极少时候“不太真实”是因为蓄意，那只是我们在无力地要为了以一个需要满足当前需求的方式来谈话。

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Some viewed the central banker talking his currency down from elevated heights as a feeble attempt.

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According to USA Today's Claudia Puig, the "obnoxious, over the top and often dull" result constitutes "a feeble attempt to rehash action-hero glories".

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The inclusion of the latter seemed very much like a feeble attempt to justify the former and was, in my opinion, neither necessary nor illuminating.

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