People in the north are astonished, you know, that we're not just effete Southerners.

北人很惊讶，你知道，我们不仅仅是虚人。

And the media, we're all effete, elitist assholes.

咱们媒体都是懦无能超级软蛋。

It was soon predicted that the self-made men of yore would be replaced by effete company drones who did what they were told.

很快就有人预言，昔日靠自己奋斗成功人将被那些对衰司唯命是从懒汉所取代。

We hunt from the car, which the Major considered effete. The custom antedates automobiles, going back to the days of the hunting wagon.

我们从车里打猎，少校认为这很无力。这种习俗早于汽车，可以追溯到狩猎马车时代。