| 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.
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.
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