英语词汇“frailty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Frailty describes a quality that's shared by a sick kitten, an elderly man, and a shoddily built go cart. They all have a delicate weakness or vulnerability and seem to require some kind of care.

The Old French fraileté, or "weakness" is the root of frailty, and it in turn comes from the Latin word for "fragile," fragilis. What's interesting is that "fragility" was used in the 14th century to mean a kind of moral, rather than physical, weakness. Today frailty can be used this way too, to describe a state of having shaky — or fragile — morals.

WORD FAMILY

frailty: frailties

USAGE EXAMPLES

This puts you at risk of developing nutritional deficiencies and frailty, and it raises the prospect of an earlier-than-expected death.

Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016)

Serial anthologies that move through tangentially linked sets of characters and share a sympathetic view of human difference and frailty.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016)

But just as defensive frailties persisted in the visitors from last weekend, the same was true of the hosts.

The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016)

1n the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

debility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism

asthenia, astheny

an abnormal loss of strength

cachexia, cachexy, wasting

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

softness, unfitness

poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)

2n moral weakness

Syn|Hyper

vice

evil, evilness

the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

单词	frailty
释义	frailty (once / 2567 pages) n Frailty describes a quality that's shared by a sick kitten, an elderly man, and a shoddily built go cart. They all have a delicate weakness or vulnerability and seem to require some kind of care. The Old French fraileté, or "weakness" is the root of frailty, and it in turn comes from the Latin word for "fragile," fragilis. What's interesting is that "fragility" was used in the 14th century to mean a kind of moral, rather than physical, weakness. Today frailty can be used this way too, to describe a state of having shaky — or fragile — morals. WORD FAMILY frailty: frailties USAGE EXAMPLES This puts you at risk of developing nutritional deficiencies and frailty, and it raises the prospect of an earlier-than-expected death. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) Serial anthologies that move through tangentially linked sets of characters and share a sympathetic view of human difference and frailty. Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016) But just as defensive frailties persisted in the visitors from last weekend, the same was true of the hosts. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) 1n the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper debility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism asthenia, astheny an abnormal loss of strength cachexia, cachexy, wasting any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease softness, unfitness poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) 2n moral weakness Syn\|Hyper vice evil, evilness the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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