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词汇 weak-link
释义 weak link
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˌwiːk ˈlɪŋk/ us /ˌwiːk ˈlɪŋk/
a weak part, especially the weakest part of something: 薄弱的环节
They're a fairly good team - their only weak link is a relatively inexperienced goalkeeper.他们是一支相当强的球队——唯一的薄弱环节就是守门员相对来说经验不足。
A chain can only be as strong as its weakest link, so we must look at the least committed country to see if the alliance will hold.一条链子的强度取决于它最薄弱的环节。所以必须观察最不坚定的成员国来确定联盟是否牢固。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

Examples of weak link


weak link
We observe greater probabilities of survival for rivalries in which the weaklink of the dyad exhibits low levels of democracy and development.
In general, the dissipation rate model (with constant coefficients) represents a major weaklink in turbulence modelling of complex flows.
The weaklink in this impressive assembly of evidence is the archaeology.
Yet, as in the earlier phase, a weaklink could cause the whole plan to unravel.
Analysis of this relationship suggested there was at best a very weaklink indeed.
The weaklink between copper and both arsenic and chromium suggests that copper is also present in other sources of waste.
This chain of developments has a problematic weaklink: after parasitic delinking, why does the floating mora skip the final consonant and dock onto the tonic vowel?
Instead, the data provide only a weaklink between peer rejection and antisocial peer involvement and a nonsignificant link between early externalizing problems and antisocial peer involvement.
The weaklink between stated goals and actual changes by individuals planning for retirement is consistent with recent research in behavioral economics, particularly relating to retirement saving.
The weaklink in the argument is the assumption that there is a possible world which may only be described as consisting of nothing but two qualitatively identical spheres.
Economic interdependence also assumes the weaklink: the score for the less interdependent state in a dyad is taken to be the stronger determinant of interstate disputes.
If there is one weaklink—say, in our cruiser strength—that will not only imperil but absolutely nullify the whole of our naval strength.
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The process has worked so far, but only just, and there has certainly been one weaklink in the chain.
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Secondly, it weakens the already weaklink between the services and the civilian population.
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Otherwise, we build a weaklink into the agencies' operational security.
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