中英互译
frail
英 /freɪl/美 /freɪl/
基本释义
- adj.(人)脆弱的,虚弱的;易碎的,易坏的;(性格、道德方面)脆弱的,意志薄弱的
- n.(装无花果或葡萄干的)灯心草篮;<美,非正式,旧>女人
比较级frailer
最高级frailest
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词语例句
(人)脆弱的,虚弱的adj.
Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
母亲已逐渐衰弱到无法独居。
易碎的,易坏的adj.
The frail boat rocked as he clambered in.
他爬进去的时候,那条破船摇晃起来。
(性格、道德方面)脆弱的,意志薄弱的adj.
Human nature is frail.
人性脆弱。
- She lay in bed looking frail.她躺在床上,看上去很虚弱。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Human nature is frail.人性脆弱。来自《牛津词典》
- My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.随着岁月的流逝,我的祖母变得越来越伤感和虚弱。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络短语
- though hope is frail尽管希望如此脆弱;尽管希望渺茫;虽然希望是脆弱的;希望虽然渺茫
- Frail health体弱多病
- Frail Hands力竭;上一首
- I am feeling frail我感到无法抗拒;我感觉如此脆弱;我如此脆弱;我感到脆弱无力
- Though hope if frail即使希望渺茫
词语扩展
- fragile/brittle/frail
- invalid/crisp/fragile/brittle/frail
- fragile/weak/frail/feeble
词义分布
脆弱的
55.2%
虚弱的
38%
孱弱
3.1%
薄弱的
2.6%
羸弱
1%
英英释义
- n.the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- n.a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
- adj.physically weak
- adj.having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- adj.easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- adj.not very strong or healthy
虚弱的;羸弱的- He looked very frail in his hospital bed.他躺在医院的病床上,看上去很虚弱。
词源
- frail易碎的缩写自拉丁语fragilis, 易碎的,词源同fragile.
- frail虚弱的,脆弱的来源于拉丁语中frangere(打破,打碎)的派生词fragilis(易碎的),经由古法语frale或frele进入英语为frail。 与词根-frag-(打破,打碎)同源
- frail脆弱的单词frail和fragile(易碎的)是一对“同源对似词”(etymological doublets),即终极词源相同,但由于演变路径不同,而形、音、义上有所不同的词。fragile直接来自拉丁词或经法语进入英语,而frail则经古法语进入。前面发过的count和compute、sure和secure都属于“同源对似词”范畴。