来自faint, 微弱，虚弱。

1. One patient suffered headaches, nausea, and faintness.

一位病人感觉头疼、恶心、晕眩。

2. The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness.

博士显得好象一阵眩晕发作.

3. A sensation, almost of faintness, had seized upon him.

一阵难受的感觉袭上心头,他简直要晕过去了.

4. The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful.

那声音的微弱是可怜而且可怕的.

5. It was supposed that he had had a sudden attack of faintness.

据估计,他当时突然头晕发作.