vulnerable

adjective

/ˈvʌlnərəbl/

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vulnerable (to somebody/something) weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally（身体上或感情上）脆弱的，易受…伤害的
- These offices are highly vulnerable to terrorist attack.这些办公室极易受到恐怖分子的袭击。
- Old people are particularly vulnerable to the flu.老年人特别容易感染流感。
- She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own.她独自站在那里，看上去弱不禁风。
- In cases of food poisoning, young children are especially vulnerable.遇到食物中毒，幼儿尤其容易受危害。
- The sudden resignation of the financial director put the company in a very vulnerable position.财务部主任的突然辞职使得这家公司岌岌可危。
- We should protect the most vulnerable members of our society.我们应该保护那些最易受伤害的社会成员。
- Animals are at their most vulnerable when searching for food for their young.当动物为它们的幼崽寻找食物时，它们是最脆弱的。
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- Hippos are uniquely vulnerable to drought.河马特别受不了干旱。
- She is very sensitive and rather vulnerable.她非常敏感，而且相当脆弱。
- The company is in an economically vulnerable position.该公司目前经济状况不稳定。
- The virus attacks the immune system, leaving your body vulnerable to infections.这种病毒攻击人的免疫系统，使身体容易受到各种感染。
- You must try not to appear vulnerable.你千万不要显得软弱好欺。
- Exhaustion from their long and fruitless war had left them vulnerable to attack.长期而无果的战争所造成的疲惫使得他们易于受到攻击。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- prove
- appear
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- to
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare ‘to wound’, from vulnus ‘wound’.

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