frailty是什么意思？

frailty

英[ˈfreɪlti] 美[ˈfrelti]

• n. 脆弱，虚弱，（性格或行为上的）弱点，缺点；

复数：frailties;

例句

• This is a reflection of their frailty. 这是他们虚弱的反映.
• Despite increasing physical frailty, he continued to write stories. 尽管身体越来越虛弱, 他仍然继续写小说.
• 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。
• 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。
• ...a triumph of will over human frailty. 意志战胜人性弱点
• 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？

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  弱点;脆弱
  If you refer to the frailties or frailty of people, you are referring to their weaknesses.
  例句
  ...the frailties of human nature. 人性的弱点 ...a triumph of will over human frailty. 意志战胜人性弱点
• N-UNCOUNT
  (体质的)虚弱
  Frailty is the condition of having poor health.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  脆弱,虚弱;(性格或行为上的)弱点,缺点
  This is a reflection of their frailty. 这是他们虚弱的反映。 Despite increasing physical frailty, he continued to write stories. 尽管身体越来越虛弱，他仍然继续写小说。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  2. moral weakness