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Frailty Human Kind 英 Freɪlti] 美 Freɪlti N.脆弱;意志薄弱;虚弱;弱点 Love

英语单词 frailty
英美音标 英 ['freɪlti] 美 ['freɪlti]
中文释义 n.脆弱;意志薄弱;虚弱;弱点
英语例句 (1) The love stories that touch us most deeply are punctuated by human frailty.
(2) Despite his age and frailty, he did not die.
(3) One of the frailties of human nature is laziness.
中文例句 (1) 最深深打动我们的那些爱情故事总是打满了人性脆弱的洞孔。
(2) 尽管他年老虚弱,但他没有死。
(3) 人性的弱点之一是懒惰。
vocabulary简明 Frailty describes a quality that's shared by a sick kitten, an elderly man, and a shoddily built go cart. They all have a delicate weakness or vulnerability and seem to require some kind of care.
vocabulary扩展 The Old French fraileté, or "weakness" is the root of frailty, and it in turn comes from the Latin word for "fragile," fragilis. What's interesting is that "fragility" was used in the 14th century to mean a kind of moral, rather than physical, weakness. Today frailty can be used this way too, to describe a state of having shaky — or fragile — morals.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-VAR 可变名词]弱点;脆弱 If you refer to the frailties or frailty of people, you are referring to their weaknesses.
  • ...the frailties of human nature.

    人性的弱点

  • ...a triumph of will over human frailty.

    意志战胜人性弱点

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](体质的)虚弱 Frailty is the condition of having poor health.
  • 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。

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