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

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。
After illness he became aware of the frailty of life.
病后他体悟到生命的脆弱。
We have reports that remind us of the urgency and frailty of these times& times rich with drama and comedy and wonder.
我们用报道来提醒我们注意那些时代中的危情和脆弱，那些时代充满了悲剧、剧和奇迹。
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。
The brevity and frailty of human existence.
人生的短暂和脆弱。
This is only a reflection of their frailty.
这只是他们虚弱的反映。
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。
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？
Many people have difficulty in walking, for example through age or frailty.
许多人走路有困难，譬如说由于年老或虚弱。
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。