frailty

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n. 弱点, 脆弱, 意志薄弱 [法] 虚弱, 意志薄弱, 因意志薄弱而犯的错误

发音

UK /ˈfɹeɪlti/
US /ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/

词形变化

frailties 复数 frailties

教材释义与例句

名词

虚弱；弱点；意志薄弱

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

vice infirmity debility feebleness frailness valetudinarianism

上位词 4

evil softness evilness unfitness

下位词 6

wasting asthenia astheny cachexia cachexy sickliness

词源

From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.

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