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

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。
We all know the frailty of models concerning the air-surface system.
我们都知道涉及到空气-地表系统的模型的脆弱性。
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。
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。
We triumph over each other with human frailty.
我们以人类的弱点彼此去战胜对方。
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。
This is only a reflection of their frailty.
这只是他们虚弱的反映。
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。
Greed and corruption helped create the crisis, but simple human frailty played a vital role.
贪婪和腐败帮助造成了这场危机，但简单的人性弱点扮演了关键角色。