Definition of frailty in English:

frailty

nounPlural frailties ˈfreɪltiˈfreɪ(ə)lti

mass noun

1The condition of being weak and delicate.
the increasing frailty of old age
Example sentencesExamples
- He seemed to me to be really old, but even in death to be lacking in that common frailty I tended to view all the elderly as possessing.
- Historically the body and its frailty were much more difficult to escape than in our own age.
- The home visiting service affords benefit to those who are unable to leave their home, due to frailty, disability, illness, or the effects of undergoing cancer treatments.
- Every once in a while a boxer dies in the ring or a soccer player collapses on the field, and such tragedies make us acutely aware of our own frailty.
- The frailty of memory in general is an important theme, but how an epidemic of that proportion gets virtually wiped out of the collective memory is still a mystery.
- This gradual loss has been tied to protein deficiency, lack of exercise, and increased frailty among the elderly.
- He excels at writing about sex and sexuality, which he describes with a graceful wonder that encompasses love's frailty and its brutality at once.
- However, those hopes were undermined and then ultimately shattered by a combination of injuries and growing defensive frailty.
- By the end of the decade there were few speaking as they had been only ten years earlier of US economic frailty or an American inability to compete effectively.
- As if to emphasise his credentials, he has been at it again this week, hauling himself into contention at the Masters with a familiar mixture of fearlessness and frailty.
- As it transpired, the team only needed three to win and while their manager must fret over his side's sudden frailty, he again noted that it is a rich source of entertainment for the rest of us.
- Despite her age and increasing frailty she was out on the streets last year in her wheelchair, raising more than £50.
- Some things about skiing - gravity, the inconvenient frailty of bone and sinew - never change.
- The beauty of a living thing springs directly from its frailty, its coming and its going.
- Perhaps so, but the great attraction of sport is that, still in 2001, it holds a mirror to the human condition in all its strength and frailty.
- Challenge the system with continuing high unemployment or the need to create a consensus when none exists, as over the treaty, and suddenly its frailty is exposed.
- Infatuated with my tiny son, I became fixated on his frailty: by what the world would do to him, if the world were given half a chance.
- That ageing is an independent contributor is not surprising, because frailty increases with age, raising the risk of falls and failure of other organ systems.
- The most important safety concern is their frailty and consequent vulnerability to personal injury or death in a crash.
- The frailty of the government's authority was underscored on the road north, when we were stopped at a roadblock by a group of men with assault rifles.
Synonyms
infirmity, infirmness, weakness, weakliness, feebleness, enfeeblement, debility, incapacity, impairment, indisposition
fragility, delicacy, slightness, puniness
illness, sickness, sickliness, ill health
decrepitude, dodderiness, shakiness
informal weediness
1. 1.1 Weakness in character or morals.
  all drama begins with human frailty
  count noun you're too self-righteous to see your own frailties
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's even more difficult to admit we're human and all our frailties that come along with it.
  It's in complete disregard of the frailties of human nature.
  The problem with priests is that they are human and suffer the same frailties and imperfections as other humans such as myself.
  A young man, with all the usual weaknesses and frailties of ego.
  It was our frailty that demanded social cohesion.
  The play, written in lucid verse, portrays a human being who transcended human frailties.
  Whatever he is, we certainly do not expect such frailty and inability to act on one's own from a generation on whom the future of our country rests.
  As we will see, his works display an acute awareness of human faults and frailties and his writing exhibits a vividness and an elegance that makes it a pleasure to read.
  Ultimately, Sophia's frailty gives way to reason.
  Like a little plumped up raisin, he exudes vanity, smugness and frailty and desolation in equal measure.
  Edward detailed his own set of insecurities and human frailties.
  Its characters offer human frailties, weaknesses and moral dilemmas that draw us in.
  His performance combines brazen ruthlessness with charm, wit, and clear human frailties.
  Vanity and bravery rarely come this distilled in real people: our courage and frailty arrive in random combination.
  It's the foibles and frailties of the characters we love the most.
  And it reveals the character's human frailties, without justifying or condemning his actions.
  He also succeeds in bringing to life the American founders not as gods, but as people with human foibles and frailties.
  But those who understand the frailties of human nature will find it easier to suspend disbelief, and even sympathise a bit.
  It may not have been calculated, but the effect of talking about drink and displaying his frailty was to pick him out from the political crowd as if by a personal spotlight.
  But the fact he also had real human frailties made him a greater man than was realised by those who could not see through the fog of adulation.
  Synonyms
  weakness, susceptibility, impressionability, vulnerability, fallibility
  foible, weak point, flaw, blemish, imperfection, defect, failing, fault, shortcoming, deficiency, inadequacy, limitation
  informal hang-up, chink in one's armour

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'weakness in morals'): from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas, from fragilis (see fragile).

Definition of frailty in US English:

frailty

nounˈfrā(ə)ltēˈfreɪ(ə)lti

1The condition of being weak and delicate.
the increasing frailty of old age
Example sentencesExamples
- This gradual loss has been tied to protein deficiency, lack of exercise, and increased frailty among the elderly.
- The frailty of memory in general is an important theme, but how an epidemic of that proportion gets virtually wiped out of the collective memory is still a mystery.
- Despite her age and increasing frailty she was out on the streets last year in her wheelchair, raising more than £50.
- The most important safety concern is their frailty and consequent vulnerability to personal injury or death in a crash.
- By the end of the decade there were few speaking as they had been only ten years earlier of US economic frailty or an American inability to compete effectively.
- Historically the body and its frailty were much more difficult to escape than in our own age.
- The home visiting service affords benefit to those who are unable to leave their home, due to frailty, disability, illness, or the effects of undergoing cancer treatments.
- As it transpired, the team only needed three to win and while their manager must fret over his side's sudden frailty, he again noted that it is a rich source of entertainment for the rest of us.
- Perhaps so, but the great attraction of sport is that, still in 2001, it holds a mirror to the human condition in all its strength and frailty.
- Some things about skiing - gravity, the inconvenient frailty of bone and sinew - never change.
- The beauty of a living thing springs directly from its frailty, its coming and its going.
- The frailty of the government's authority was underscored on the road north, when we were stopped at a roadblock by a group of men with assault rifles.
- He seemed to me to be really old, but even in death to be lacking in that common frailty I tended to view all the elderly as possessing.
- That ageing is an independent contributor is not surprising, because frailty increases with age, raising the risk of falls and failure of other organ systems.
- Infatuated with my tiny son, I became fixated on his frailty: by what the world would do to him, if the world were given half a chance.
- However, those hopes were undermined and then ultimately shattered by a combination of injuries and growing defensive frailty.
- Challenge the system with continuing high unemployment or the need to create a consensus when none exists, as over the treaty, and suddenly its frailty is exposed.
- As if to emphasise his credentials, he has been at it again this week, hauling himself into contention at the Masters with a familiar mixture of fearlessness and frailty.
- Every once in a while a boxer dies in the ring or a soccer player collapses on the field, and such tragedies make us acutely aware of our own frailty.
- He excels at writing about sex and sexuality, which he describes with a graceful wonder that encompasses love's frailty and its brutality at once.
Synonyms
infirmity, infirmness, weakness, weakliness, feebleness, enfeeblement, debility, incapacity, impairment, indisposition
1. 1.1 Weakness in character or morals.
  all drama begins with human frailty
  you're too self-righteous to see your own frailties
  Example sentencesExamples
  But those who understand the frailties of human nature will find it easier to suspend disbelief, and even sympathise a bit.
  A young man, with all the usual weaknesses and frailties of ego.
  Like a little plumped up raisin, he exudes vanity, smugness and frailty and desolation in equal measure.
  It's even more difficult to admit we're human and all our frailties that come along with it.
  It's the foibles and frailties of the characters we love the most.
  The play, written in lucid verse, portrays a human being who transcended human frailties.
  Vanity and bravery rarely come this distilled in real people: our courage and frailty arrive in random combination.
  And it reveals the character's human frailties, without justifying or condemning his actions.
  Ultimately, Sophia's frailty gives way to reason.
  The problem with priests is that they are human and suffer the same frailties and imperfections as other humans such as myself.
  But the fact he also had real human frailties made him a greater man than was realised by those who could not see through the fog of adulation.
  Whatever he is, we certainly do not expect such frailty and inability to act on one's own from a generation on whom the future of our country rests.
  He also succeeds in bringing to life the American founders not as gods, but as people with human foibles and frailties.
  It's in complete disregard of the frailties of human nature.
  It was our frailty that demanded social cohesion.
  As we will see, his works display an acute awareness of human faults and frailties and his writing exhibits a vividness and an elegance that makes it a pleasure to read.
  Edward detailed his own set of insecurities and human frailties.
  His performance combines brazen ruthlessness with charm, wit, and clear human frailties.
  It may not have been calculated, but the effect of talking about drink and displaying his frailty was to pick him out from the political crowd as if by a personal spotlight.
  Its characters offer human frailties, weaknesses and moral dilemmas that draw us in.
  Synonyms
  weakness, susceptibility, impressionability, vulnerability, fallibility

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘weakness in morals’): from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas, from fragilis (see fragile).

单词	frailty
释义	Definition of frailty in English: frailty nounPlural frailties ˈfreɪltiˈfreɪ(ə)lti mass noun 1The condition of being weak and delicate. the increasing frailty of old age Example sentencesExamples He seemed to me to be really old, but even in death to be lacking in that common frailty I tended to view all the elderly as possessing. Historically the body and its frailty were much more difficult to escape than in our own age. The home visiting service affords benefit to those who are unable to leave their home, due to frailty, disability, illness, or the effects of undergoing cancer treatments. Every once in a while a boxer dies in the ring or a soccer player collapses on the field, and such tragedies make us acutely aware of our own frailty. The frailty of memory in general is an important theme, but how an epidemic of that proportion gets virtually wiped out of the collective memory is still a mystery. This gradual loss has been tied to protein deficiency, lack of exercise, and increased frailty among the elderly. He excels at writing about sex and sexuality, which he describes with a graceful wonder that encompasses love's frailty and its brutality at once. However, those hopes were undermined and then ultimately shattered by a combination of injuries and growing defensive frailty. By the end of the decade there were few speaking as they had been only ten years earlier of US economic frailty or an American inability to compete effectively. As if to emphasise his credentials, he has been at it again this week, hauling himself into contention at the Masters with a familiar mixture of fearlessness and frailty. As it transpired, the team only needed three to win and while their manager must fret over his side's sudden frailty, he again noted that it is a rich source of entertainment for the rest of us. Despite her age and increasing frailty she was out on the streets last year in her wheelchair, raising more than £50. Some things about skiing - gravity, the inconvenient frailty of bone and sinew - never change. The beauty of a living thing springs directly from its frailty, its coming and its going. Perhaps so, but the great attraction of sport is that, still in 2001, it holds a mirror to the human condition in all its strength and frailty. Challenge the system with continuing high unemployment or the need to create a consensus when none exists, as over the treaty, and suddenly its frailty is exposed. Infatuated with my tiny son, I became fixated on his frailty: by what the world would do to him, if the world were given half a chance. That ageing is an independent contributor is not surprising, because frailty increases with age, raising the risk of falls and failure of other organ systems. The most important safety concern is their frailty and consequent vulnerability to personal injury or death in a crash. The frailty of the government's authority was underscored on the road north, when we were stopped at a roadblock by a group of men with assault rifles. Synonyms infirmity, infirmness, weakness, weakliness, feebleness, enfeeblement, debility, incapacity, impairment, indisposition fragility, delicacy, slightness, puniness illness, sickness, sickliness, ill health decrepitude, dodderiness, shakiness informal weediness 1.1 Weakness in character or morals. all drama begins with human frailty count noun you're too self-righteous to see your own frailties Example sentencesExamples It's even more difficult to admit we're human and all our frailties that come along with it. It's in complete disregard of the frailties of human nature. The problem with priests is that they are human and suffer the same frailties and imperfections as other humans such as myself. A young man, with all the usual weaknesses and frailties of ego. It was our frailty that demanded social cohesion. The play, written in lucid verse, portrays a human being who transcended human frailties. Whatever he is, we certainly do not expect such frailty and inability to act on one's own from a generation on whom the future of our country rests. As we will see, his works display an acute awareness of human faults and frailties and his writing exhibits a vividness and an elegance that makes it a pleasure to read. Ultimately, Sophia's frailty gives way to reason. Like a little plumped up raisin, he exudes vanity, smugness and frailty and desolation in equal measure. Edward detailed his own set of insecurities and human frailties. Its characters offer human frailties, weaknesses and moral dilemmas that draw us in. His performance combines brazen ruthlessness with charm, wit, and clear human frailties. Vanity and bravery rarely come this distilled in real people: our courage and frailty arrive in random combination. It's the foibles and frailties of the characters we love the most. And it reveals the character's human frailties, without justifying or condemning his actions. He also succeeds in bringing to life the American founders not as gods, but as people with human foibles and frailties. But those who understand the frailties of human nature will find it easier to suspend disbelief, and even sympathise a bit. It may not have been calculated, but the effect of talking about drink and displaying his frailty was to pick him out from the political crowd as if by a personal spotlight. But the fact he also had real human frailties made him a greater man than was realised by those who could not see through the fog of adulation. Synonyms weakness, susceptibility, impressionability, vulnerability, fallibility foible, weak point, flaw, blemish, imperfection, defect, failing, fault, shortcoming, deficiency, inadequacy, limitation informal hang-up, chink in one's armour Origin Middle English (in the sense 'weakness in morals'): from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas, from fragilis (see fragile). Definition of frailty in US English: frailty nounˈfrā(ə)ltēˈfreɪ(ə)lti 1The condition of being weak and delicate. the increasing frailty of old age Example sentencesExamples This gradual loss has been tied to protein deficiency, lack of exercise, and increased frailty among the elderly. The frailty of memory in general is an important theme, but how an epidemic of that proportion gets virtually wiped out of the collective memory is still a mystery. Despite her age and increasing frailty she was out on the streets last year in her wheelchair, raising more than £50. The most important safety concern is their frailty and consequent vulnerability to personal injury or death in a crash. By the end of the decade there were few speaking as they had been only ten years earlier of US economic frailty or an American inability to compete effectively. Historically the body and its frailty were much more difficult to escape than in our own age. The home visiting service affords benefit to those who are unable to leave their home, due to frailty, disability, illness, or the effects of undergoing cancer treatments. As it transpired, the team only needed three to win and while their manager must fret over his side's sudden frailty, he again noted that it is a rich source of entertainment for the rest of us. Perhaps so, but the great attraction of sport is that, still in 2001, it holds a mirror to the human condition in all its strength and frailty. Some things about skiing - gravity, the inconvenient frailty of bone and sinew - never change. The beauty of a living thing springs directly from its frailty, its coming and its going. The frailty of the government's authority was underscored on the road north, when we were stopped at a roadblock by a group of men with assault rifles. He seemed to me to be really old, but even in death to be lacking in that common frailty I tended to view all the elderly as possessing. That ageing is an independent contributor is not surprising, because frailty increases with age, raising the risk of falls and failure of other organ systems. Infatuated with my tiny son, I became fixated on his frailty: by what the world would do to him, if the world were given half a chance. However, those hopes were undermined and then ultimately shattered by a combination of injuries and growing defensive frailty. Challenge the system with continuing high unemployment or the need to create a consensus when none exists, as over the treaty, and suddenly its frailty is exposed. As if to emphasise his credentials, he has been at it again this week, hauling himself into contention at the Masters with a familiar mixture of fearlessness and frailty. Every once in a while a boxer dies in the ring or a soccer player collapses on the field, and such tragedies make us acutely aware of our own frailty. He excels at writing about sex and sexuality, which he describes with a graceful wonder that encompasses love's frailty and its brutality at once. Synonyms infirmity, infirmness, weakness, weakliness, feebleness, enfeeblement, debility, incapacity, impairment, indisposition 1.1 Weakness in character or morals. all drama begins with human frailty you're too self-righteous to see your own frailties Example sentencesExamples But those who understand the frailties of human nature will find it easier to suspend disbelief, and even sympathise a bit. A young man, with all the usual weaknesses and frailties of ego. Like a little plumped up raisin, he exudes vanity, smugness and frailty and desolation in equal measure. It's even more difficult to admit we're human and all our frailties that come along with it. It's the foibles and frailties of the characters we love the most. The play, written in lucid verse, portrays a human being who transcended human frailties. Vanity and bravery rarely come this distilled in real people: our courage and frailty arrive in random combination. And it reveals the character's human frailties, without justifying or condemning his actions. Ultimately, Sophia's frailty gives way to reason. The problem with priests is that they are human and suffer the same frailties and imperfections as other humans such as myself. But the fact he also had real human frailties made him a greater man than was realised by those who could not see through the fog of adulation. Whatever he is, we certainly do not expect such frailty and inability to act on one's own from a generation on whom the future of our country rests. He also succeeds in bringing to life the American founders not as gods, but as people with human foibles and frailties. It's in complete disregard of the frailties of human nature. It was our frailty that demanded social cohesion. As we will see, his works display an acute awareness of human faults and frailties and his writing exhibits a vividness and an elegance that makes it a pleasure to read. Edward detailed his own set of insecurities and human frailties. His performance combines brazen ruthlessness with charm, wit, and clear human frailties. It may not have been calculated, but the effect of talking about drink and displaying his frailty was to pick him out from the political crowd as if by a personal spotlight. Its characters offer human frailties, weaknesses and moral dilemmas that draw us in. Synonyms weakness, susceptibility, impressionability, vulnerability, fallibility Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘weakness in morals’): from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas, from fragilis (see fragile).
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