mid-14c., freylte, from Old French fraileté "frailty, weakness," from Latin fragilitatem (nominative fragilitas) "weakness, frailty," from fragilis "fragile" (see fragility). Related: Frailties.
权威例句
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。
2. Increasing frailty meant that she was more and more confined to bed.
日益衰弱意味着她愈来愈需要卧床。
3. Despite increasing physical frailty, he continued to write stories.
尽管身体越来越虛弱, 他仍然继续写小说.
4. This is a reflection of their frailty.
这是他们虚弱的反映.
5. Then he murmured the words of the English poet,'Frailty, thy name is woman.'