fragility

英 [frəˈdʒɪlɪti]

美 [frəˈdʒɪləti]

n.  脆弱；易碎性；虚弱；脆性

TOEFL化学

BNC.18616 / COCA.15874

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 脆弱的;不确定的
  If you describe a situation asfragile, you mean that it is weak or uncertain, and unlikely to be able to resist strong pressure or attack.
  1. The fragile economies of several southern African nations could be irreparably damaged...
     一些南非国家的脆弱经济可能会被彻底破坏，无法挽回。
  2. The Prime Minister's fragile government was on the brink of collapse...
     首相领导的脆弱的政府处在瓦解边缘。
  3. His overall condition remained fragile.
     他的整体情况还是很不稳定。
• ADJ-GRADED 易碎的;易坏的
  Something that isfragileis easily broken or damaged.
  1. He leaned back in his fragile chair.
     他仰靠在那把摇摇晃晃的椅子上。
• ADJ-GRADED (外表)精致的，精巧的
  Something that isfragileis very delicate or fine in appearance.
  1. The haircut emphasised her fragile beauty.
     发型突出了她的精致之美。
• ADJ-GRADED 虚弱的;无力的
  If someone feelsfragile, they feel weak, for example because they are ill or have drunk too much alcohol.
  1. He felt irritated and strangely fragile, as if he were recovering from a severe bout of flu.
     他感到恼火和莫名其妙的虚弱，仿佛经历了一场重感冒，正在康复。

英英释义

noun

• lack of physical strength
  Synonym:delicacy
• quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
  Synonym:breakabilityfrangiblenessfrangibility

双语例句

• The best you can achieve is a reduction in fragility and greater robustness.
  你所能实现的最佳状态就是降低脆弱性和加大稳健性。
• If these projections are to be believed, they point to greater socio-political fragility in 2013.
  如果这些经济预测是可信的，那么2013年预计会出现更大的社会和政治脆弱性问题。
• The inherent fragility of financial market is caused differently from that of credit market.
  摘要金融市场具有内生的脆弱性，其产生原因与信贷市场不同。
• Given the extreme fragility of the private sector, that could cause another economic downturn.
  鉴于私营部门的极度脆弱，这可能再度造成经济低迷。
• Research on the Fragility of Regional Rural Financial System& Measurement, Analysis and Early Warning Based on Entropy Method
  区域农村金融体系脆弱性研究&基于熵权法的测度、分析和预警
• Yet her illnesses have highlighted the fragility of the two-year-old reform process and fuelled broader concerns about her health.
  然而，她的疾病突显出持续两年之久的改革进程的脆弱性，并引发了外界对其健康的更广泛担忧。
• The collapse of the bank is an ominous reminder of the fragility of the world's banking system.
  那家银行的倒闭对世界银行系统的脆弱性是一个不祥的提示。
• These linked dangers between external and internal imbalances, domestic debt accumulations and financial fragility were foretold by a number of analysts.
  这些外部和内部不平衡、国内债务积累和金融脆弱性之间的危险联系，曾被一些分析家预言过。
• That lack of diversity in turn generated system-wide fragility and, ultimately, collapse.
  这种多样性的缺失继而又导致了整个系统的脆弱，以及最终的崩溃。
• There are signs of fragility.
  脆弱的迹象已经出现了。