frailties

英 [ˈfreɪltiz]

美 [ˈfreɪltiz]

n.  虚弱; 衰弱; (性格或道德上的)弱点，懦弱，软弱
frailty的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• This tax inspector was demonstrating one of the most common of human frailties.
  这位稽查员，显露出一种最常见到的人性的弱点。
• But too often, human frailties gum up the works by leaving unforeseen breaches in otherwise secure systems.
  但情况经常是，人为过失在原本安全的系统中留下意外的漏洞，把事情弄糟。
• Do the best you can and love one another in spite of, or sometimes because of, your frailties.
  尽自己的全力做到最好，尽管有时你会软弱犯错，也要爱着对方。
• The missteps and frailties of every one else in the world were canvassed here with the most shameless publicity.
  在这里，人们毫无顾忌地公开谈论世上他人的失误和过失。
• One of the frailties of human nature is laziness.
  人性的弱点之一是懒惰。
• I have been privileged to learn much about the very best in human nature and a fair amount too about its frailties, including my own.
  我有幸在担任这一职务时最真切地了解人的本性，也很大程度上了解了人的脆弱性，也包括我自己人性的脆弱性。
• She continued to love him despite his many frailties.
  尽管他有很多缺点，但她仍爱他。
• Regulation needs to be built on an understanding of such human frailties.
  监管需要建立在了解此类人性弱点的基础之上。
• Advisers spend their time covering up their boss's frailties and jockeying for influence.
  各类顾问们整日忙着掩盖他们老板的病情，而且还不择手段地为自身谋求影响力。
• Whatever the frailties of these calculations, they are the best we have.
  不管这些计算存在何种缺陷，它们都是我们所拥有的最佳方法。