| 词汇 | vulnerable |
| 释义 | vulnerable adjective uk /ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl//ˈvʌn.rə.bəl/ us /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bəl/ C2 able to be easily physically or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked: 易受伤的；易受影响（或攻击）的；脆弱的 I felt very vulnerable, standing there without any clothes on.一丝不挂地站在那儿，我感觉自己不堪一击。 It is on economic policy that the government is most vulnerable.政府最易受人诟病的是经济政策。 Tourists are more vulnerable to attack, because they do not know which areas of the city to avoid.游客更容易受到攻击，因为他们不知道城里哪些地方不该去。 Opposite invulnerable not physically strong weakShe was too tired and weak to finish the race. feebleMany of the pensioners were so feeble they had to be stretchered onto the ship. punyHe was puny as a child. weedyUKI was just this weedy guy who always had his head in a book. frailA frail, grey-haired lady walked slowly down the street. Alison's story is a reminder of how vulnerable women can be in what is still essentially a man's world. Start-ups are very vulnerable in the business world.商界中刚起步的小企业非常脆弱。 Small companies such as ours are very vulnerable in a recession.像我们这样的小公司在经济不景气的时候非常容易受影响。 These schools are known to be vulnerable to vandalism.众所周知，这些学校的公共财物经常遭到蓄意破坏。 We provide a place of safety for vulnerable children. Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakily shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly Related wordvulnerability vulnerable noun[ plural ] uk /ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl//ˈvʌn.rə.bəl/ us /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bəl/ the vulnerable people who can be easily physically or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked: She called on all members to condemn this outrageous attack on the vulnerable. people who can be badly affected by a disease because they already have health problems: Our Covid vaccination strategy is designed to protect the vulnerable, who are most at risk. Human rights groups claim that the business preys on the poor and the vulnerable. In the story she highlights the very real impact of the drug trade on the vulnerable. People said that the new law was going to exploit the vulnerable and marginalize the poor. It takes some courage to champion the vulnerable, the sick, and the weak. Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakily shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly vulnerable | American Dictionaryvulnerable adjective us/ˈvʌl·nər·ə·bəl/ able to be easily hurt, influenced, or attacked: Older people are especially vulnerable to cold temperatures even inside their homes. He casts himself as a naive, vulnerable young poet. vulnerabilitynoun[ U ]us/ˌvʌl·nər·əˈbɪl·ət̬·i/ You want a doctor who understands the patient's vulnerability. Examples of vulnerablevulnerable Very few associations, groups, or plans specifically endorse obligations to vulnerable populations. In other words, field agricultural production systems are more vulnerable to rainfall variability than garden production. Even governments that should be policy-dominated by a single party turn out to be vulnerable to policy differences among coalition members. The following sections of the paper seek to specify the principal dimensions of reserve among older people and the groups that are most vulnerable. We will see that all research populations are potentially vulnerable and in need of special protection. Conversely, where governments' incentives are at odds with developmental imperatives, policymaking and implementation are vulnerable to economically damaging political opportunism. As we shall see shortly, it is the egalitarian relational claim that renders egalitarianism vulnerable to the levelling down objection. In fact, elderly migrants appear to be much more vulnerable to poverty than elderly citizens in several countries. The report describes the development of the project and lessons, which may help others seeking to coordinate care for vulnerable elderly people. The problem is most serious in the poorest areas and among the most vulnerable young people, especially those in care and those excluded from school. This may be better articulated as a value base that positively discriminates on behalf of all persons who are vulnerable. The vulnerable properties of children's acquisition under conditions of impairment should not override recognition of the resistant properties their acquisition capacity also exhibits. Where established, such bodies are mostly alien to existing local practices, fail to involve local stakeholders or effectively marginalise the most vulnerable stakeholders. Because of lower compliance rates, the second study may have been more vulnerable to bias in excluding more ill relatives from direct interview. Parasite-induced alterations in both appearance and behaviour concur to render infected gammarids more vulnerable to predation, thus promoting parasite transmission. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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