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- (of a person) weak and delicate(人)脆弱的; 虚弱的:
a frail voice
虚弱的声音
she looked frail and vulnerable.
她看上去弱不禁风。
1.1
- easily damaged or broken; fragile or insubstantial易损坏的, 易破的; 易碎的, 不坚固的:
the balcony is frail
阳台不坚固
the frail Russian economy.
俄罗斯脆弱的经济。
1.2
- weak in character or morals(性格、道德方面)脆弱的, 软弱的; 意志薄弱的。
- US informal, dated a woman〈美, 非正式, 旧〉女人。
派生词
frailly
adverbfrailness
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis (see FRAGILE).