frailty

英 [ˈfreɪlti]

美 [ˈfreɪlti]

n. 虚弱; 衰弱; (性格或道德上的)弱点，懦弱，软弱

复数：frailties　

BNC.14087 / COCA.17111

牛津词典

noun

虚弱；衰弱
weakness and poor health
1. Increasing frailty meant that she was more and more confined to bed.
  日益衰弱意味着她愈来愈需要卧床。
（性格或道德上的）弱点，懦弱，软弱
weakness in a person's character or moral standards
1. human frailty
  人性的弱点
2. the frailties of human nature
  人性的种种弱点

N-VAR 弱点;脆弱
If you refer to thefrailtiesorfrailtyof people, you are referring to their weaknesses.
1. ...the frailties of human nature.
  人性的弱点
2. ...a triumph of will over human frailty.
  意志战胜人性弱点
N-UNCOUNT (体质的)虚弱
Frailtyis the condition of having poor health.
1. She died after a long period of increasing frailty.
  在很长一段时间里，她身体日渐虚弱，最后离开人世。

noun

moral weakness
Synonym:vice
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Synonym:infirmitydebilityfeeblenessfrailnessvaletudinarianism

This is not to condone vice. It is to recognise the limits imposed by human frailty.
这不是宽容恶行，而是承认人类弱点的局限。
God also gave me female frailty, sensitivity, peacockery and even selfishness as all women has.
它还给了我每一个女人都有的脆弱、敏感、虚荣甚至自私。
After illness he became aware of the frailty of life.
病后他体悟到生命的脆弱。
You spoke yourself of the human frailty that prevented one from taking all the factors into consideration.
你刚才谈到人的脆弱，因此无法考虑到所有的因素。
We have reports that remind us of the urgency and frailty of these times& times rich with drama and comedy and wonder.
我们用报道来提醒我们注意那些时代中的危情和脆弱，那些时代充满了悲剧、剧和奇迹。
Inner demons and human frailty is my life's work.
对付心魔和软弱是我的工作。
Do you look forward to old age, or do you dread frailty, loss of memory and dependence on others?
你是期望变老，还是害怕自己年迈体衰、记忆减退，而且还要依赖他人？
It will only be because I am human and that is one frailty from which no one can escape.
只因为我是人，而那是谁也避不开的人性弱点。
Figures of authority are all too prone to human frailty.
权威人物都太容易受到人类意志薄弱的影响。
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。