单词：frail
n. 少女, 少妇, 灯心草篓
n. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
a. physically weak
考试类型：[六级/托福/IELTS/GRE]
frail的用法和样例：
例句
- I will not torment the emotionally frail.我再也不折磨情感脆弱的人了。
- Jail life made the frail retailer avail every snail in the pail.监狱生命使脆弱的零售商在桶里有益于每只蜗牛。
- His frail hands could hardly hold a cup.他虚弱的手连杯子也拿不住。
- This frail child did not survive.这个身体虚弱的孩子没能活下来。
常见句型
- The frail wooden bridge cracked.这座不牢固的木桥断裂了。
- They live in a frail shelter of leaves.他们居住在一个用树叶搭成的不结实的棚子里。
- She is now eighty, and becoming too frail to live alone.她今年80岁了，并且身体日益如此虚弱，以致不能单独生活。
词汇搭配
- frail type瘦体型
经典引文
The leniency of one who felt himself to be but frail.
出自：W. IrvingA child of the frail Abbess of Leominster.
出自：E. A. Freeman
- weak弱的
- delicate微妙的
- fragile易碎的
- feeble虚弱的
- dainty小巧精致的
- slight轻微的
- brittle易碎的
- infirm体弱的
- puny微小的
- in poor health身体虚弱，身体不好...
- flimsy轻而薄得
- insubstantial脆弱的
- spindly细长的
- imperfect不完美的
- fallible易犯错误的
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