| 单词 | vulnerable |
| 释义 | vulnerable (vʌlnərəbəl ) 1. adjective Someone who is vulnerable is weak and without protection, with the result that they are easily hurt physically or emotionally. Old people are often particularly vulnerable members of our society. vulnerability (vʌlnərəbɪlɪti )Word forms: vulnerabilities variable noun David accepts his own vulnerability. 2. adjective If a person, animal, or plant is vulnerable to a disease, they are more likely to get it than other people, animals, or plants. People with high blood pressure are especially vulnerable to diabetes. [+ to] Plants that are growing vigorously are less likely to be vulnerable to disease. vulnerability uncountable noun Taking long-term courses of certain medicines may increase vulnerability to infection. [+ to] 3. adjective Something that is vulnerable can be easily harmed or affected by something bad. Their tanks would be vulnerable to attack from the air. [+ to] ...a table showing which cars are most vulnerable to theft. The financial sector could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump. Synonyms: exposed, open, unprotected, defenceless vulnerability uncountable noun ...anxieties about the country's vulnerability to invasion. [+ to] Collocations: vulnerable individual A person, too, might gain pleasure from baiting a vulnerable individual or showing off to his friends. Times, Sunday Times Such pain nearly always seeks a vulnerable individual to vent upon, and sometimes that's an innocent pastor. Christianity Today The territory between the non-pathological but sensitised and vulnerable individual and the person with a defined pathology constituted highly debatable land. Times, Sunday Times We equip them with the skill and confidence to identify and approach vulnerable individuals and get them to a place of safety. The Sun Yet his portraits of the soldiers are not of them as heroes but as vulnerable individuals, and young ones at that. Times, Sunday Times And so there are problems, and they have already been made crystal clear with vulnerable species such as wood warbler and pied flycatcher. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Among the ingredients of the tonic, which include endangered seahorses, pipefish and ginseng, is manta ray, driving a surge in demand for the vulnerable species. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The western lowland gorilla is a vulnerable species that reproduces very slowly. The Sun (2013) Translations: Chinese: 易受伤害的 Japanese: 傷つきやすい |
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