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

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。
We triumph over each other with human frailty.
我们以人类的弱点彼此去战胜对方。
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。
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。
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。
The brevity and frailty of human existence.
人生的短暂和脆弱。
Frailty, thy name is man.
“男人，你的名字叫作脆弱”。
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。
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。
Loss of muscle mass and strength contribute to frailty and are associated with falls, mobility limitations and fractures.
肌肉和力量缺失导致脆弱，同时与坠落、移动受限和骨折相关。