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Frail I Hard Person's Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 Freɪl] 美

英语单词 frail
英美音标 英 [freɪl] 美 [freɪl]
中文释义 adj.脆弱的;虚弱的
英语例句 (1) I will not torment the emotionally frail.
(2) Jail life made the frail retailer avail every snail in the pail.
(3) His frail hands could hardly hold a cup.
中文例句 (1) 我再也不折磨情感脆弱的人了。
(2) 监狱生命使脆弱的零售商在桶里有益于每只蜗牛。
(3) 他虚弱的手连杯子也拿不住。
vocabulary简明 Something that is delicate and fragile can be described as frail. Grandma's favorite vase is probably too frail to use for football practice; some of us have learned that the hard way.
vocabulary扩展 Frail can also used to describe a person's physical condition: "When I broke my grandmother's vase, she yelled in a voice so loud that it was hard to believe it was coming from her small, frail frame." Another way to use frail is in reference to a person's emotional state. As the poet Sylvia Plath astutely observed, "How frail the human heart must be."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]虚弱的;体弱的 Someone who is frail is not very strong or healthy.
  • She lay in bed looking particularly frail.

    她躺在床上,看上去特别虚弱。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]易碎的;易坏的 Something that is frail is easily broken or damaged.
  • The frail craft rocked as he clambered in.

    他爬进来的时候,那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。

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