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单词 vulnerable
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vulnerable
adjective
uk
/ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl//ˈvʌn.rə.bəl/us
/ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bəl/
C2
ableto beeasilyphysicallyormentallyhurt,influenced, orattacked:
Ifeltvery vulnerable,standingthere without anyclotheson.一丝不挂地站在那儿，我感觉自己不堪一击。
It is oneconomicpolicythat thegovernmentis most vulnerable.政府最易受人诟病的是经济政策。
Tourists are more vulnerabletoattack, because they do notknowwhichareasof thecitytoavoid.游客更容易受到攻击，因为他们不知道城里哪些地方不该去。
Opposite
invulnerable
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not physically strong
  • weakShe was too tired and weak to finish the race.
  • feebleMany of the pensioners were so feeble they had to be stretchered onto the ship.
  • punyHe was puny as a child.
  • weedyUKI was just this weedy guy who always had his head in a book.
  • frailA frail, grey-haired lady walked slowly down the street.
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More examples
  • Alison'sstoryis areminderof how vulnerable women can be in what is stillessentiallya man'sworld.
  • Start-ups are very vulnerable in thebusinessworld.
  • Smallcompaniessuch as ours are very vulnerable in arecession.
  • Theseschoolsareknownto be vulnerable tovandalism.
  • Weprovideaplaceofsafetyfor vulnerablechildren.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebbidiom
  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
  • besomeone'spoodleidiom
  • brittle
  • helplessly
  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • sitting target
  • soft target
  • submissive
  • submissively
  • submissiveness
  • watery
  • wetness
  • wimpy
  • wonky
  • wuss
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vulnerability
vulnerable
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl//ˈvʌn.rə.bəl/us
/ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bəl/
the vulnerable
peoplewho can beeasilyphysicallyormentallyhurt,influenced, orattacked:
She called on allmemberstocondemnthisoutrageousattackon the vulnerable.
peoplewho can bebadlyaffectedby adiseasebecause they already havehealthproblems:
Our Covidvaccinationstrategyisdesignedtoprotectthe vulnerable, who are most atrisk.
More examples
  • Humanrightsgroupsclaimthat thebusinesspreys on thepoorand the vulnerable.
  • In thestoryshehighlightsthe veryrealimpactof thedrugtradeon the vulnerable.
  • People said that the newlawwas going toexploitthe vulnerable andmarginalizethepoor.
  • Ittakessomecouragetochampionthe vulnerable, thesick, and theweak.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebbidiom
  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
  • besomeone'spoodleidiom
  • brittle
  • helplessly
  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • sitting target
  • soft target
  • submissive
  • submissively
  • submissiveness
  • watery
  • wetness
  • wimpy
  • wonky
  • wuss
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(Definition ofvulnerablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
vulnerable
adjective
uk
/ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl//ˈvʌn.rə.bəl/us
/ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bəl/
C2
ableto beeasilyphysically, emotionally, ormentallyhurt,influenced, orattacked
易受伤的；易受影响（或攻击）的；脆弱的
Ifeltvery vulnerable,standingthere without anyclotheson.一丝不挂地站在那儿，我感觉自己不堪一击。
It is oneconomicpolicythat thegovernmentis most vulnerable.政府最易受人诟病的是经济政策。
Tourists are more vulnerabletoattack, because they do notknowwhichareasof thecitytoavoid.游客更容易受到攻击，因为他们不知道城里哪些地方不该去。
More examples
  • Alison'sstoryis areminderof how vulnerable women can be in what is stillessentiallya man'sworld.
  • Start-ups are very vulnerable in thebusinessworld.
  • Smallcompaniessuch as ours are very vulnerable in arecession.
  • Theseschoolsareknownto be vulnerable tovandalism.
  • Weprovideaplaceofsafetyfor vulnerablechildren.

vulnerable| American Dictionary

vulnerable
adjective
us
/ˈvʌl·nər·ə·bəl/
ableto beeasilyhurt,influenced, orattacked:
Olderpeopleareespeciallyvulnerable tocoldtemperatureseveninsidetheirhomes.
Hecastshimself as anaive, vulnerableyoungpoet.

vulnerability

noun[U]us
/ˌvʌl·nər·əˈbɪl·ət̬·i/
Youwantadoctorwhounderstandsthe patient's vulnerability.
(Definition ofvulnerablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvulnerable

vulnerable
Very few associations, groups, or plans specifically endorse obligations tovulnerablepopulations.
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In other words, field agricultural production systems are morevulnerableto rainfall variability than garden production.
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Even governments that should be policy-dominated by a single party turn out to bevulnerableto policy differences among coalition members.
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The following sections of the paper seek to specify the principal dimensions of reserve among older people and the groups that are mostvulnerable.
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We will see that all research populations are potentiallyvulnerableand in need of special protection.
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Conversely, where governments' incentives are at odds with developmental imperatives, policymaking and implementation arevulnerableto economically damaging political opportunism.
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As we shall see shortly, it is the egalitarian relational claim that renders egalitarianismvulnerableto the levelling down objection.
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In fact, elderly migrants appear to be much morevulnerableto poverty than elderly citizens in several countries.
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The report describes the development of the project and lessons, which may help others seeking to coordinate care forvulnerableelderly people.
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The problem is most serious in the poorest areas and among the mostvulnerableyoung people, especially those in care and those excluded from school.
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This may be better articulated as a value base that positively discriminates on behalf of all persons who arevulnerable.
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Thevulnerableproperties of children's acquisition under conditions of impairment should not override recognition of the resistant properties their acquisition capacity also exhibits.
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Where established, such bodies are mostly alien to existing local practices, fail to involve local stakeholders or effectively marginalise the mostvulnerablestakeholders.
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Because of lower compliance rates, the second study may have been morevulnerableto bias in excluding more ill relatives from direct interview.
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Parasite-induced alterations in both appearance and behaviour concur to render infected gammarids morevulnerableto predation, thus promoting parasite transmission.
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