easily broken or damaged 易碎的；易损的 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 不牢固的联盟；不确定的停火／关系 The economy remains extremely fragile. 经济仍然极其脆弱。 In her job she was used to dealing with actors’ fragile egos. 在工作中，她习惯于处理演员脆弱的自我。 fragile habitats threatened by pollution 受污染威胁的脆弱的栖息地
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thin or light and often beautiful 纤巧的；精细的；纤巧美丽的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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not strong and likely to become ill 虚弱的 Her father is now 86 and in fragile health. 她的父亲现在 86 岁，身体虚弱。 - (British English, informal)
I'm feeling a bit fragile after last night (= not well, perhaps because of drinking too much alcohol). 昨夜以后我觉得身子有点发虚（可能是纵酒所致）。
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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.