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

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。
Inner demons and human frailty is my life's work.
对付心魔和软弱是我的工作。
This is not to condone vice. It is to recognise the limits imposed by human frailty.
这不是宽容恶行，而是承认人类弱点的局限。
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。
After illness he became aware of the frailty of life.
病后他体悟到生命的脆弱。
Frailty, thy name is man.
“男人，你的名字叫作脆弱”。
She not only has the spirit of rebellion and independence, but also shows the aspect of frailty and compromise.
白兰具有多重性格：她既有可贵的反抗精神与独立自主精神，也有脆弱性与妥协性的一面。
Despite increasing physical frailty, he continued to write stories.
尽管身体越来越虚弱，他仍然继续写小说。
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。
This is only a reflection of their frailty.
这只是他们虚弱的反映。