这些形容词都含有“易碎的”之意。
brittle指没有弹性或伸缩性的脆性材料,暗示受压或被扭曲时易碎。
fragile除指易碎外,还指人身体虚弱,动辄就得病。
frail多指人体虚弱,也指某物不耐用,易碎易损。
这些形容词均有“虚弱的,乏力的”之意。
weak普通用词,指缺乏应有的力量,可用于身体、意志或精神。
feeble指身体衰弱无力,精力几乎耗尽,含令人怜悯的意味。
frail多指因经常生病而身体纤弱。
fragile可与frail换用,但语气强,侧重脆弱,指人容易生病,指物容易破碎。
词源词根法
来自fragment,碎片。来源于拉丁语中frangere(打破,打碎)的派生词fragilis(易碎的)。=-frag-打破,打碎+-ile有…性质的
采编自网络
frag,词根表示“破裂”
-ile,易……的
易破裂的→易破裂的,虚弱的
adj.易破裂的,虚弱的
重要短语
fragile goods易碎商品;易碎货物
fragile x syndrome[精神病学]脆性X综合征;X染色体易损综合征
Shakur loses his fragile grip on reality and starts blasting away at friends and foe alike.
沙库尔丧失了对形势仅存的一点判断,无论对敌对友都开始大加挞伐。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》She looked pretty and rather fragile, dressed in black velvet.
她穿着黑色的天鹅绒礼服,看上去娇小美丽。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》She was so gentle that she appeared fragile, but she was more solid than granite.
她和蔼到近于脆弱, 坚强到好比花岗石.
来源:网络文摘精选Because of the extreme cold, the Antarctic is a uniquely fragile environment.
极度严寒造成了南极地区绝无仅有的脆弱环境。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》We offer courier service for fragile goods. and we'll pay the full price for anything damaged.
本公司承接易碎品特快专递业务,如有损坏,照价赔偿.
来源:网络文摘精选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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Unlike the fragile finches, both the hearty sparrows and the stubborn thrasher liked Bio 2.
不同于经不起折腾的蓝带雀, 精力充沛的麻雀和固执的矢嘲鸫都爱上了生物圈二号.
来源:网络文摘精选She was small and fragile and looked incongruous in an army uniform.
她又小又弱,穿一身军装看起来很不协调。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》But most of the startups and their budgets are relatively small, and their finances are fragile.
然而,大多数此类初创机构的规模相对较小,预算也较少, 财务状况薄弱.
来源:网络文摘精选Such was the fragile state of Italian affairs when I set out for Cairo and Teheran.
这就是在我动身前往开罗和德黑兰时意大利的那种风雨飘摇的局面.
来源:词典精选例句He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.
他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》In many cases aid throws substantial burdens onto fragile strange and distribution systems.
在许多情况下,援助给储存能力差的系统和分送系统造成了沉重的压力.
来源:词典精选例句Walkers can unwittingly damage the fragile environment in which the birds live.
徒步旅行者可能无意中破坏鸟类生活的脆弱环境.
来源:《简明英汉词典》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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The fragile peace was hanging by a thread as thousands of hardliners took to the streets.
成千上万的强硬派分子走上街头示威,脆弱的和平局势危在旦夕。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》That the scale of wartime resistance activities, but public support remains fragile.
战时那种规模的抵抗活动, 然而公众的支持仍然脆弱.
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