frailty
frailty
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- [mass noun]the condition of being weak and delicate
脆弱；虚弱
the increasing frailty of old age.
晚年渐增的虚弱。
■weakness in character or morals
（性格、品德上的）弱点
all drama begins with human frailty.
所有的戏剧都始于人性的弱点。
[count noun]you're too self-righteous to see your own frailties.
你太自以为是以至于看不到自己的弱点。
- Middle English (in the sense 'weakness in morals'): from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas, from fragilis (see fragile)
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