英:[ˈfreɪlti]
美:[ˈfrelti]
英:[ˈfreɪlti]
美:[ˈfrelti]
frail·ty
freIl ti
复数:frailties
词根:frail
adj.frail 脆弱的;虚弱的
n.frail 灯心草篓;少妇;少女
14世纪中叶, freylte,源自古法语 fraileté 的"脆弱,虚弱",源自拉丁语 fragilitatem(主格 fragilitas)的"虚弱,脆弱",源自 fragilis 的"易碎"(参见 fragility)。相关词汇: Frailties。
Middle English frelete, freelte, borrowed from Anglo-French freleté, going back to Latin fragilitāt-, fragilitās, from fragilis "liable to break, weak, fragile" + -itāt-, -itās -ity
The first known use of frailty was in the 14th century
frameworknoun
a basic supporting part or structure
frame1 of 3verb
plan entry 2 sense 1
framed a new strategy
shape entry 1 sense 1, construct
frame a figure out of clay
to give expression to
frame a reply
to set down in writing
frame a constitution
to make (an innocent person) appear guilty
to enclose in a frame
frame a picture
frame2 of 3noun
the bodily structure of an animal and especially a human being : physique
an arrangement of parts that gives form or support to something
the frame of a house
an open case or structure for holding or enclosing something a window frame
a picture frame
plural the part of a pair of glasses that holds the lenses
a turn in bowling
an enclosing border: as
one of the drawings in a comic strip
one picture of the series on a length of film or in a television transmission
a particular state or mood
in a good frame of mind
frame3 of 3adjective
having a wood frame
frame houses
frame1 of 3verb
plan entry 2 sense 1
framed a new strategy
shape entry 1 sense 1, construct
frame a figure out of clay
to give expression to
frame a reply
to set down in writing
frame a constitution
to make (an innocent person) appear guilty
to enclose in a frame
frame a picture
frame2 of 3noun
the bodily structure of an animal and especially a human being : physique
an arrangement of parts that gives form or support to something
the frame of a house
an open case or structure for holding or enclosing something a window frame
a picture frame
plural the part of a pair of glasses that holds the lenses
a turn in bowling
an enclosing border: as
one of the drawings in a comic strip
one picture of the series on a length of film or in a television transmission
a particular state or mood
in a good frame of mind
frame3 of 3adjective
having a wood frame
frame houses
frailtynoun
the quality or state of being frail
a weakness of character
1 As I hope you have discovered, your family of choice is made up of the people who see your frailty, understand your challenges, and — no matter what — accept you, just as you are.
2 In his hands, the 's central statement – that music, in the shape of Tamino's flute and Papageno's bells, will overcome human fear and frailty – becomes a transcendent message.
3 He hopes the show can acknowledge their "age and frailty."
4 Scruffy, sad eyed and taciturn, bowed down by the crushing knowledge of his own frailty, Charlie is the farthest thing from a histrionic drunk living on grand illusions.
5 the frailties of human nature
人性的种种弱点
6 It could of course be that he is paralysed by his father's age, his frailty, his vulnerability, and by his continuing astonishment at the turn his father's life has taken.
7 Vinyl accepts the ravages of nature – embraces its own frailty, as we all must.
8 We are a microcosm of American society, and as such we suffer from the same frailties that other organizations suffer from.
9 The two heroines aren’t parodies so much as amusing exemplars of human frailty.
10 Disappointed in You: I’m honest about my own frailty and failings.
11 The documentary doesn’t shy away from the frailty of his 46-year old body.
12 Jealousy, bigotry, pride, lust, envy, gossip and several other common frailties beset the settlement; above all, loneliness, made worse by the constant presence of others who relentlessly watch and judge.
13 The songs grapple with the complexities of grown-up love, with human frailties and traumas, with harsh circumstances, self-doubt and glimmers of compassion and hope.
14 Because for every principled power broker like Ari Emanuel, there will be five others who will eventually extend themselves not in gracious appreciation of human frailty, but because there is money to be made.
15 They talk about their frailties, their mess-ups, their weaknesses, their vulnerabilities, and they are funny about it and they support each other.
16 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.
17 It's the only time I really collaborate, which I know means some element of compromise, but theatre people are tolerant and generous and aware of frailty – they seem to be same all over the world.
18 If it’s the former, then you work on tempering your reactions, stay close and write the incident off as human frailty.
19 The country's art suggests otherwise, and not just in the portraiture of Close, with its grand sense of human frailty and the implication that we must care for one another.
20 Turner maintained a life long fascination with the frailty of man when subjected to the power and immensity of nature.
透纳一生都痴迷于一个主题:人类面对大自然时总显得如此渺小。
1 意志薄弱
feeble weak-willed feeble-minded weak-minded weak mental frail scatty weak-headed delicate feebleminded
2 弱点
vice weakness defect vulnerability failing infirmity underbelly foible between wind and water a chink in armor blind side limitation a chink in armour shortcoming fault drawback imperfection weak spot chink in armour weak flaw inadequacy out blot chink pull-back soft spot claw-back touch a tender spot
3 脆弱
short paper weak delicate brittle flimsy frail frangible slimsy slightly vulnerably tenderness fragility friability caducity be vulnerable to vulnerable fragile tenuous paper-thin tenuousness flimsiness tender threadbare washy fine-spun delicacy pasteboard expose sensitive insubstantial slight perishable crumbly shivery finespun slimpsy frangibility slender unsubstantial unfortified sl.
4 错误
wrong false incorrect improper erroneous amiss error mistake flaw boob fluff inaccuracy blunder falsity boner bloomer blooper slip-up clanger mal- up the pole by mistake off base
5 虚弱
marantic weak tender wan delicate pale faint fragile shaky feeble weakly impotent puny rickety infirm valetudinarian white-livered impuissant impotently frailly weakliness weakness fragility impotence infirmity prostration enervation frailness impuissance frail sickly unsound anaemic effete dicky wastage asthenia inanition caducity trick enfeebled faintly wanly faintness debility prostrate weaken sap debilitate limp-wristed low rundown wobbly banal decrepit weedy bloodless peaky namby-pamby asthenic emaciate enfeeble unhealthy watery rubbery wasting etiolated drag down groggy chip away crazy sick crank pastel rotten powerless cranky shaken adynamic adynamia poverty weakling invalidism slack rot debile gone imbecile pimping puling rackety limpsy wankle silly astheny delicacy imbecility wear craze impoverish knock the stuffing out of
9 缺点
vice fault weakness defect deficiency flaw minus drawback imperfection blemish demerit imperfect failure liability objection stigma blot speck weak point hole trouble shortcoming failing
10 衰弱
broken feeble broken-down effete weakness debility decline weaken decay crumble lapse ebb falter enfeeble fade away wear down failing run-down infirm flagging enfeebled enervated infirmity flag fade debilitate waste away
13 过失
trip error sin blame fault negligence lapse delinquency misstep demerit misfeasance lapsus culpa wrong mistake defect guilt boob trespass floater gaffe mess slip stumble glitch aberration balk flub civil occasion aberrant break default onus
14 薄弱