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

Despite his age and frailty, he did not die.
尽管他年老虚弱，但他没有死。
We triumph over each other with human frailty.
我们以人类的弱点彼此去战胜对方。
Frailty, thy name is man.
“男人，你的名字叫作脆弱”。
A mistake that shows he's only human; human frailty.
这个错误证明他也是个凡人；人的脆弱。
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。
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。
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？
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。
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。
The brevity and frailty of human existence.
人生的短暂和脆弱。