vulnerable

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ Someone who is vulnerable is weak and without protection, with the result that they are easily hurt physically or emotionally. 易受傷害的
Old people are particularly vulnerable members of our society. 老人是我們社會中特別容易受到傷害的成員。
2. vulnerabilityN-VAR 脆弱
David accepts his own vulnerability. 戴維承認(rèn)自己的脆弱。
3. ADJ If a person, animal, or plant is vulnerable to a disease, they are more likely to get it than other people, animals, or plants. 容易患…病的
People with high blood pressure are especially vulnerable to diabetes. 血壓高的人尤其容易患糖尿病。
4. vulnerabilityN-UNCOUNT 患病的可能性
Taking long-term courses of certain medicines may increase vulnerability to infection. 長期服用某些葯物可能會增加受感染的幾率。
5. ADJ Something that is vulnerable can be easily harmed or affected by something bad. 易受損害的
Their tanks would be vulnerable to attack from the air. 他們的坦尅將易受空襲。
6. vulnerabilityN-UNCOUNT 易受攻擊性
...anxieties about the country's vulnerability to invasion. …對國家易受侵略的憂慮。

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 .
Small companies such as ours are very vulnerable in a recession .
These schools are known to be vulnerable to vandalism .
We provide a place of safety for vulnerable children .