a. 贫瘠的, 枯竭的, 衰微的

[ adj ]
marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
<adj.all>
a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibilitya group of effete self-professed intellectuals

Effete \Ef*fete"\, a. [L. effetus that has brought forth,
exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See {Fetus}.]
No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit,
as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy;
incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren;
sterile.

Effete results from virile efforts. --Mrs.
Browning

If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . .
. they may seek new ones. --Burke.