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　

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

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。

noun

moral weakness
Synonym:vice
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Synonym:infirmitydebilityfeeblenessfrailnessvaletudinarianism

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。
Second, markets long paid no attention to emerging fiscal frailty, rating all eurozone bonds similarly.
其次，市场早就不再关注隐隐若现的财政虚弱迹象了，他们对所有欧元区国债的评级都大同小异。
The brevity and frailty of human existence.
人生的短暂和脆弱。
We have reports that remind us of the urgency and frailty of these times& times rich with drama and comedy and wonder.
我们用报道来提醒我们注意那些时代中的危情和脆弱，那些时代充满了悲剧、剧和奇迹。
Despite his age and frailty, he did not die.
尽管他年老虚弱，但他没有死。
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。
Even during his last few months of considerable frailty he kept up his writing.
即使是在他相当虚弱的最后几个月里，他还坚持写作。
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。
You spoke yourself of the human frailty that prevented one from taking all the factors into consideration.
你刚才谈到人的脆弱，因此无法考虑到所有的因素。