easily broken or damaged 易碎的；易損的 fragile china/glass/bones 易碎的瓷器／玻璃制品／骨骼 Be careful not to drop it; it’s very fragile. 小心别把它摔了，它很容易碎。
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weak and uncertain; easy to destroy or harm 不牢固的；脆弱的 a fragile alliance/ceasefire/relationship 不牢固的聯盟；不確定的停火／關系 The economy remains extremely fragile. 經濟仍然極其脆弱。 In her job she was used to dealing with actors’ fragile egos. 在工作中，她習慣於處理演員脆弱的自我。 fragile habitats threatened by pollution 受污染威脅的脆弱的栖息地
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thin or light and often beautiful 纖巧的；精細的；纖巧美麗的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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not strong and likely to become ill 虛弱的 Her father is now 86 and in fragile health. 她的父親現在 86 歲，身體虛弱。 - (British English, informal)
I'm feeling a bit fragile after last night (= not well, perhaps because of drinking too much alcohol). 昨夜以後我覺得身子有點發虛（可能是縱酒所致）。
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘morally weak’): from Latin fragilis, from frangere ‘to break’. The sense ‘liable to break’ dates from the mid 16th cent.