frail

adj.

1. 瘦弱的
   physically weak and thin
   1. Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
      母亲已逐渐衰弱到无法独居。
2. 弱的；易损的；易碎的
   weak; easily damaged or broken
   1. the frail stems of the flowers
      柔弱的花茎
   2. Human nature is frail.
      人性脆弱。

1. ADJ-GRADED 虚弱的;体弱的
   Someone who is frail is not very strong or healthy.
   1. She lay in bed looking particularly frail.
      她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
2. ADJ-GRADED 易碎的;易坏的
   Something that is frail is easily broken or damaged.
   1. 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。

1. She lay in bed looking particularly frail.
   她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. The frail wooden bridge cracked.
   这座不牢固的木桥断裂了。
6. Not just our young and abandoned, but our old and frail.
   不仅仅是我们年轻人和被遗弃的一代需要，老人和弱者也是如此。
7. A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson.
   有一位风烛残年的老人，他和儿子、儿媳还有四岁的小孙子生活在一起。
8. I knew eventually that the love was so frail!
   我才知道原来爱情是如此的脆弱！
9. It becomes a weak, frail sapling.
   它变成了一棵虚弱的小树苗。
10. 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；
11. That tames me in pace with its frail move.
    驯服我来紧跟它脆弱的举动。
12. He was a more excited lover that night, with his strange, small boy's frail nakedness.
    那晚上，他的奇异的、象孩子似的、脆弱的裸体，比一向更显得他是一个兴奋的人。
13. This frail relation lets life lose the time.
    这种脆弱的关系让生命丧失了时间。
14. She is gentle, sensitive, delicate and frail, like a figure of Chinese porcelain.
    她是一个温和，敏感，细致，和脆弱的女人象中国瓷器。
15. 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。
16. Perhaps this and her healthy enjoyment of walking and riding had turned him from her to the frail melanie.
    她许就是这种态度和她喜欢散步骑马的有益于健康的习惯，使艾希礼害怕同她接近而转向娇弱的媚兰那边去了。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. They are bottled up, but there is only so much pressure which frail walls can take.
    它们被瓶装，但也只有这么多压力那脆弱的围壁可以承受。
20. Woman'sheart is very frail, is easy to be injured but is not easy to restore.
    女人的心是很脆弱的，容易受伤而不容易恢复。
21. Keith was waiting for us at home, frail now and in constant pain, but also very happy.
    基思在家里等我们。他已经很衰弱，而且经常被疼痛折磨，可他深感幸福。
22. All men are frail, but you must admit that none is more frail than yourself.
    我们人都是软弱的，但是你必须要体认到没有人比你更为软弱。
23. But meantime, they are actually frail in heart and need our care and support.
    但是，与此同时，他们内心极度脆弱，需要我们的呵护和支持。
24. Will you hold on to me I am feeling frail.
    当我脆弱时你会抱着我吗？
25. I'm not a frail old man yet.
    我这老头还管点用。
26. This frail child did not survive.
    这个身体虚弱的孩子没能活下来。
27. You are too frail to stand a gust of wind. I advise you to take more physical exercises.
    瞧你弱不禁风的样子，我建议你多参加体育锻炼。
28. Perhaps it was when I held the hand of a very frail woman at the convalescent hospital.
    或许，那是当我在疗养院中握著一个非常虚弱的女人的手时吧！
29. I need to prepare, coz I fear it will be too frail.
    我需要准备，表兄弟姐妹我担心它会太脆弱。

  weak feeble frail【导航词义：虚弱的】

  weak adj. 虚弱的

〔辨析〕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。

  feeble adj. 虚弱的，无力的

〔辨析〕语气较 weak 强，尤指身体、脉搏、声音等极为虚弱而无力的。

  frail adj. 虚弱的，瘦弱的

〔辨析〕多指因年迈或生病而身体瘦弱的、虚弱的、衰弱的。

noun

1. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

2. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs

adj

1. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
   1. a kite too delicate to fly safely
   2. fragile porcelain plates
   3. fragile old bones
   4. a frail craft

   Synonym:    delicatefragile

2. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will
   1. I'm only a fallible human
   2. frail humanity

   Synonym:    fallibleimperfectweak

3. physically weak
   1. an invalid's frail body