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

• 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。
• Despite his age and frailty, he did not die.
  尽管他年老虚弱，但他没有死。
• 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。
• Yet blaming the worst outcomes of financial innovation on human frailty is hardly helpful.
  但是把金融创新最坏的结果归咎于人性的弱点上对问题并没有帮助。
• The brevity and frailty of human existence.
  人生的短暂和脆弱。
• A mistake that shows he's only human; human frailty.
  这个错误证明他也是个凡人；人的脆弱。
• 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。
• She not only has the spirit of rebellion and independence, but also shows the aspect of frailty and compromise.
  白兰具有多重性格：她既有可贵的反抗精神与独立自主精神，也有脆弱性与妥协性的一面。
• We all know the frailty of models concerning the air-surface system.
  我们都知道涉及到空气-地表系统的模型的脆弱性。