infirmity

英 [ɪnˈfɜːməti]

美 [ɪnˈfɜːrməti]

n.  (长期的)体弱，生病

复数：infirmities　

TOEFLIELTSTEM8医学

BNC.20636 / COCA.22525

牛津词典

noun

• （长期的）体弱，生病
  weakness or illness over a long period
  1. We all fear disability or infirmity.
     我们都害怕伤残或体弱。
  2. the infirmities of old age
     老年体弱

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (常指因年迈而)体弱的,虚弱的
  A person who isinfirmis weak or ill, and usually old.
  1. ...her aging, infirm husband.
     她年迈体弱的丈夫
  2. The infirmare people who are infirm.
     年迈体弱者
  3. We are here to protect and assist the weak and infirm.
     我们来这里保护、帮助年迈体弱者。

英英释义

noun

• the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  Synonym:frailtydebilityfeeblenessfrailnessvaletudinarianism

双语例句

• And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
  耶稣看见，便叫过他来，对他说，女人，你脱离这病了。
• Deafness and failing eyesight are among the infirmity of old ages.
  耳聋眼花是年老体衰的现象。
• Human infirmity iin moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage;
  我把人在调节和控制情感上的软弱无力成为奴役。
• On leaving the hospital, the patient felt almost too weak to walk, but he soon overcame this infirmity.
  离开医院时，病人感到虚弱的几乎走不动，但他很快就克服了虚弱。
• Woman's prescriptive infirmity had stalked into the sunlight, which had clothed it in the freshness of an originality.
  女人的那种习惯成自然的弱点全然暴露在光天化日之下，而阳光又给它披上了一层别具一格的清新色彩。
• Infirmity often comes with old age.
  虚弱常随年老而来。
• Lk. 13:11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent double and could not stand erect at all.
  路十三11看哪，有一个女人，被病弱的灵附著，已经十八年了，腰弯得一点都直不起来。
• I see, I see danger* Infirmity and disease.
  我预见危险、虚弱和疾病。
• Retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity.
  由于年龄或缺点而引退或不合格。
• Bad temper is his worst infirmity. To find fault; criticize someone or something.
  坏脾气是他最大的弱点。