frailty

英 [ˈfreɪlti]

美 [ˈfreɪlti]

n.  虚弱; 衰弱; (性格或道德上的)弱点，懦弱，软弱

复数：frailties　

法律

BNC.14087 / COCA.17111

牛津词典

noun

• 虚弱；衰弱
  weakness and poor health
  1. Increasing frailty meant that she was more and more confined to bed.
     日益衰弱意味着她愈来愈需要卧床。
• （性格或道德上的）弱点，懦弱，软弱
  weakness in a person's character or moral standards
  1. human frailty
     人性的弱点
  2. the frailties of human nature
     人性的种种弱点

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 弱点;脆弱
  If you refer to thefrailtiesorfrailtyof people, you are referring to their weaknesses.
  1. ...the frailties of human nature.
     人性的弱点
  2. ...a triumph of will over human frailty.
     意志战胜人性弱点
• N-UNCOUNT (体质的)虚弱
  Frailtyis the condition of having poor health.
  1. She died after a long period of increasing frailty.
     在很长一段时间里，她身体日渐虚弱，最后离开人世。

英英释义

noun

• moral weakness
  Synonym:vice
• the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  Synonym:infirmitydebilityfeeblenessfrailnessvaletudinarianism

双语例句

• Despite increasing physical frailty, he continued to write stories.
  尽管身体越来越虚弱，他仍然继续写小说。
• Your age and frailty are giving him cause for concern.
  你的年纪与脆弱给了他关心你的理由。
• This is only a reflection of their frailty.
  这只是他们虚弱的反映。
• Many people have difficulty in walking, for example through age or frailty.
  许多人走路有困难，譬如说由于年老或虚弱。
• You spoke yourself of the human frailty that prevented one from taking all the factors into consideration.
  你刚才谈到人的脆弱，因此无法考虑到所有的因素。
• Second, markets long paid no attention to emerging fiscal frailty, rating all eurozone bonds similarly.
  其次，市场早就不再关注隐隐若现的财政虚弱迹象了，他们对所有欧元区国债的评级都大同小异。
• But recognition of the systemic frailty of a complex financial system would be a good start.
  但是认识到一个复杂金融体系的系统性缺点，会是一个良好的开端。
• Greed and corruption helped create the crisis, but simple human frailty played a vital role.
  贪婪和腐败帮助造成了这场危机，但简单的人性弱点扮演了关键角色。
• We triumph over each other with human frailty.
  我们以人类的弱点彼此去战胜对方。
• Figures of authority are all too prone to human frailty.
  权威人物都太容易受到人类意志薄弱的影响。