frailties

英 [ˈfreɪltiz]

美 [ˈfreɪltiz]

n.  虚弱; 衰弱; (性格或道德上的)弱点，懦弱，软弱
frailty的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 弱点;脆弱
  If you refer to thefrailtiesorfrailtyof people, you are referring to their weaknesses.
  1. ...the frailties of human nature.
     人性的弱点
  2. ...a triumph of will over human frailty.
     意志战胜人性弱点
• N-UNCOUNT (体质的)虚弱
  Frailtyis the condition of having poor health.
  1. She died after a long period of increasing frailty.
     在很长一段时间里，她身体日渐虚弱，最后离开人世。

双语例句

• To prevent future catastrophes, regulators should focus explicitly on how to provide safeguards against two all-too-human frailties explored by decades of work in behavioural economics: bounded rationality and limited self-control.
  为了预防未来的灾难，监管者应明确关注如何防范两个人性弱点：有限理性和有限自制力。数十年来，行为经济学一直在探究这两个完全符合人性的弱点。
• One of John's frailties of human nature is laziness.
  约翰的弱点之一是懒惰。
• Whatever the frailties of these calculations, they are the best we have.
  不管这些计算存在何种缺陷，它们都是我们所拥有的最佳方法。
• The fact indicates the economic frailties of this type of farming.
  这一事实表明，这种类型的农业在经济上有其脆弱性。
• He loved her in spite of her little frailties.
  虽然她在品德上有些小缺点，他依然爱她。
• She continued to love him despite his many frailties.
  尽管他有很多缺点，但她仍爱他。
• But too often, human frailties gum up the works by leaving unforeseen breaches in otherwise secure systems.
  但情况经常是，人为过失在原本安全的系统中留下意外的漏洞，把事情弄糟。
• Advisers spend their time covering up their boss's frailties and jockeying for influence.
  各类顾问们整日忙着掩盖他们老板的病情，而且还不择手段地为自身谋求影响力。
• I have been privileged to learn much about the very best in human nature and a fair amount too about its frailties, including my own.
  我有幸在担任这一职务时最真切地了解人的本性，也很大程度上了解了人的脆弱性，也包括我自己人性的脆弱性。
• Regulation needs to be built on an understanding of such human frailties.
  监管需要建立在了解此类人性弱点的基础之上。