infirmity

英 [ɪnˈfɜːməti]

美 [ɪnˈfɜːrməti]

n.  (长期的)体弱，生病

复数：infirmities　

TOEFLIELTSTEM8医学

BNC.20636 / COCA.22525

牛津词典

noun

• （长期的）体弱，生病
  weakness or illness over a long period
  1. We all fear disability or infirmity.
     我们都害怕伤残或体弱。
  2. the infirmities of old age
     老年体弱

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (常指因年迈而)体弱的,虚弱的
  A person who isinfirmis weak or ill, and usually old.
  1. ...her aging, infirm husband.
     她年迈体弱的丈夫
  2. The infirmare people who are infirm.
     年迈体弱者
  3. We are here to protect and assist the weak and infirm.
     我们来这里保护、帮助年迈体弱者。

英英释义

noun

• the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  Synonym:frailtydebilityfeeblenessfrailnessvaletudinarianism

双语例句

• We all fear disability of infirmity.
  我们都害怕伤残或体弱。
• Deafness and failing eyesight are among the infirmity of old ages.
  耳聋眼花是年老体衰的现象。
• Among the hurdles that must be overcome are the association of hearing loss with increasing age and infirmity and the psychological blow to one's self-esteem that this acknowledgment may entail.
  在这些困难当中，我们必须克服的是：听力损失与年纪增长、体质虚弱相关，还有可能必须承认精神上吹鼓的自尊。
• Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.
  他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。
• Infirmity often comes with old age.
  虚弱常随年老而来。
• If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my infirmity.
  若必须夸耀，我就要夸耀我软弱的事。
• You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.
  你们知道我头一次传福音给你们，是因为身体有疾病。
• That the consumer is not reasonably able to protect his or her interests because of physical infirmity, ignorance, illiteracy, inability to understand the language of an agreement or similar factors.
  消费者因其身体疾病，无知，文盲，无法理解合同条款的语言等相似原因无法保护其自身利益。
• The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
  衰弱虚弱或无力的状态；体弱。
• His own infirmity was not the result of the English climate.
  他的虚弱体质不是英国气候造成的。