effete /ɪˈfiːt/

• 1. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as effete, you are criticizing them for being weak and powerless. 软弱的 [正式]

  例：

  ...the charming but effete Russian gentry of the 1840s.

  ...19世纪40年代迷人但软弱的俄国贵族。