| 英语单词 | fragility |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [frə'dʒɪləti] 美 [frə'dʒɪləti] |
| 中文释义 | n.脆弱;虚弱;易碎 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Such examples hint at the fragility of a globalised world. (2) The shock waves earlier this year from the disputed Kenyan election, and the rising cost of fuel, cruelly exposed the fragility of Rwanda's landlocked economy. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这些例证也示意了一个全球化世界有多脆弱。 (2) 今年早些时候来自肯尼亚冲突四起的大选冲击波,以及燃油持续上涨的价格都残忍地揭开了卢旺达内陆经济的虚弱。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Fragility is a state of being delicate or breakable. The fragility of your grandmother's juice glasses might make you nervous about taking even one sip. |
| vocabulary扩展 | An object's fragility makes it likely to get broken or damaged, and a person's fragility means that he's not physically strong. New parents are often worried about the fragility of their newborn baby, and being sick can emphasize a person's fragility. Another way to use the word is to mean "vulnerable" or "sensitive." When something's delicate or frail, you can call it fragile, and both words stem from the Latin root fragilis, "brittle or easily broken." |
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