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

Figures of authority are all too prone to human frailty.
权威人物都太容易受到人类意志薄弱的影响。
Since has run into you, thought originally very strong, unexpectedly also feel the innermost feelings the frailty and no use.
自从遇到了你，原本以为很坚强的自己，竟也感受到内心的脆弱与无助。
Frailty, thy name is man.
“男人，你的名字叫作脆弱”。
Your age and frailty are giving him cause for concern.
你的年纪与脆弱给了他关心你的理由。
There have been all-too-frequent reminders of the frailty of human rationality and vulnerability of financial institutions.
他们一直不断地提醒人们，要当心人类理性及金融机构的脆弱性。
God also gave me female frailty, sensitivity, peacockery and even selfishness as all women has.
它还给了我每一个女人都有的脆弱、敏感、虚荣甚至自私。
Many people have difficulty in walking, for example through age or frailty.
许多人走路有困难，譬如说由于年老或虚弱。
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。
It will only be because I am human and that is one frailty from which no one can escape.
只因为我是人，而那是谁也避不开的人性弱点。
Do you look forward to old age, or do you dread frailty, loss of memory and dependence on others?
你是期望变老，还是害怕自己年迈体衰、记忆减退，而且还要依赖他人？