Consider, for example, the amazing readiness with which they succumb to the imbecile bait of advertising!
Considérez, par exemple, l'étonnant empressement avec lequel ils succombent à l'appât imbécile de la publicité !
He had become almost an imbecile, being a complete mental wreck, his family having to watch him as they would a child to keep him from obtaining liquor.
Il était devenu presque imbécile, l’esprit entièrement ruiné, et sa famille devait le surveiller comme un enfant pour l’empêcher de se procurer de l’alcool.