frail
adj
1 (of a person) physically weak or delicate (指人)体弱的, 虚弱的
a frail child 体弱的孩子
At 90, she's getting very old and frail. 她90岁时渐渐非常衰老、 虚弱.
2 easily broken; fragile 易破碎的; 易损的
Careful: that chair's rather frail! 小心点儿: 那把椅子不结实!
3 morally weak 道德观念薄弱的
frail human nature 易堕落的人性.
Next Friday? Why, what's happening? I'm going away for the weekend.
下星期五?嗨,到底有什么事情?我要外出度周末。
However, in recent times the old-age pension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.189
然而阳近一段时间,老年养老金只付给那些最穷的人,因为失业的人数一直在增长。
The development of the modern beehive in 1851 made it possible to design experiments to research the language of honey bees.