noun
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- a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
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- the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs;between 50 and 75 pounds
adj
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- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- a kite too delicate to fly safely
- fragile porcelain plates
- fragile old bones
- a frail craft
- Synonym: delicate fragile
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- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will;having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- I'm only a fallible human
- frail humanity
- Synonym: fallible imperfect weak
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- physically weak
- an invalid's frail body
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A frail economy ought at least to be free of price pressures but Britons have had no such luck .
一个脆弱的经济体至少不应受价格的压力，然而英国却没有如此的好运。
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Good men , the last wave by , crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay ,
善良的人，当最后一浪过去，高呼他们脆弱的善行可能曾会多么光辉地在绿色的海湾里舞蹈，
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Human nature is frail .
人性脆弱。
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Before the trial Liz had been pictured as a frail woman dominated by her husband .
审讯之前，利兹被描绘成受丈夫操纵的孱弱女子。
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She lay in bed looking particularly frail .
她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
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My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by .
随着时间的流逝，我的祖母变得日益伤感和虚弱。
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The frail craft rocked as he clambered in .
他爬进来的时候，那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。
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The old man is growing thin and frail .
那位老人日渐瘦弱。
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Her frail hands could hardly hold a cup .
她虚弱的手几乎连杯子也拿不住。
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She was still feeling a bit frail .
她仍然感觉身体有点虚弱。
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The boy was frail and never ganged with his fellows at school .
这个男孩身体虚弱，从不和同学们一起玩。
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The frail wooden bridge cracked .
这座不牢固的木桥断裂了。
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Somehow he looked older and frailer in his city clothes .
不知怎么回事，他穿着城市服装，显得衰老一点。
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Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself .
华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
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One evening a family brings their frail , elderly mother to a nursing home and leaves her , hoping she will be well cared for .
一个夜晚，一家人把年迈体虚的老母亲送到了敬老院，希望她在那里能得到悉心的照顾。
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How thin it is , and how dainty and frail ; and how it rattles .
你看它够多么薄，多么精致，多么不结实；还老那么哗楞哗楞地响。
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There is a frail , negative Chinese image in their media .
在媒体上塑造出一个脆弱的中国形象。
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Thirdly , the system function is frail .
第三，系统功能单一。
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This frail relation lets life lose the time .
这种脆弱的关系让生命丧失了时间。
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He was becoming frail , but loved to work as always .
尽管他身体渐趋虚弱，但仍一如既往地热爱工作。
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Yet despite this good news , housing finance is frail as ever .
不过，撇开这个好消息，住房信贷依旧虚弱如前。
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Though hope is frail , it 's hard to kill .
希望虽然渺茫，却不可磨灭。
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The acid rain and industry reject let the human environment be even more frail ;
酸雨及各种工业废弃物让人类赖以生存的环境愈加脆弱；
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I cannot help feeling very anxious about his frail body and another operation .
他身体衰弱并需再动手术，这使我不胜悬念。
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Since then , Japan began its attempt to conquer increasingly frail China .
此后，日本开始图谋征服日渐衰弱的中国。
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At 90 , she 's getting very old and frail .
她90岁时渐渐非常衰老、虚弱。
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Though hope is frail , its hard to kill .
虽然希望是很脆弱的，但是是很难扼杀的。
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The boy was small and frail at first , but he came on quickly .
儿子生来弱小，不过长得很快。
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The sick woman 's frail hands could hardly hold a cup .
这生病的女人双手虚弱无力，几乎拿不住杯子。
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Adult children is the primary caregivers of frail elderly parents .
家庭中的成年子女是年老体弱父母日常生活的主要照顾者。
最普通用词，使用范围很广，既可指身体虚弱无力的，也可引申用于力量、意志、权力、性格等方面，表示“薄弱的”、“软弱的”等。
Her mother was weak from a long illness.
她母亲长期患病，身体很虚弱。
I'm very weak when it comes to giving up smoking.
在戒烟问题上我意志很薄弱。
The enemy became so weak that they could not go on with the war.
敌人力量变弱，无法再继续这场战争了。
语气较 weak 强，尤指身体、脉搏、声音等极为虚弱而无力的。
His pulse was too feeble to feel.
他的脉搏太弱了，摸不着。
The newborn baby gave a feeble cry.
那个新生儿哭声很弱。
Her feeble arm dropped powerless to her side.
她那虚弱的胳臂无力地垂在身边。
多指因年迈或生病而身体瘦弱的、虚弱的、衰弱的。
The old man is growing thin and frail.
那位老人日渐瘦弱。
She was still feeling a bit frail.
她仍然感觉身体有点虚弱。
Her frail hands could hardly hold a cup.
她虚弱的手几乎连杯子也拿不住。