An idea is by its very nature weaker and fainter than an impression; but being in every other respect the same, cannot imply any very great mystery. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
The traces of consumption may become fainter, or be wholly effaced: the inherent tendency to vice or crime may be eradicated. 柏拉图.理想国.
The deeper he sank into this silence, the fainter hope there was--or so Darnay thought--of his softening in any slight degree. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
But it had a preponderating tendency, when considered, to become fainter. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
It was fainter and duller. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
I was weak and faint when you brought me in, and I am fainter now you take me out. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
The sound of the wheels grew fainter in the distance--the cab melted into the black shadows on the road--the woman in white was gone. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Fainter now, though. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
She flushed deeper and deeper, and was burning red when she replied in a fainter voice, 'I do not think that likely, either. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
Nearer the center of the tree, where the signs of passage are fainter, the direction is plainly marked. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
It came back by fits, but those grew fainter and returned at lengthening intervals. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
Now shake the flask and note that the sound is very much fainter than at first. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
Her sister, meanwhile, was having children with finer names every year and the intercourse between the two grew fainter continually. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
They were overclouded again, they were fainter, they were gone; but they had been there. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
Down, down with him, fifty fathoms down; his struggles grew fainter and fainter, until they wholly ceased. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
As I grew still fainter, I prayed for Ponsonby's eternal happiness, as though I had felt he required my prayers. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
A little fainter. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
His struggles grew fainter. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
I have had my doubts, I confess; but they are fainter than they were, and they may soon be entirely done away. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
When I oppose the Imagination to the memory, I mean the faculty, by which we form our fainter ideas. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
His voice became fainter as he spoke; and at length, exhausted by his effort, he sunk into silence. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.