Word · Frequency #20636
Fully loadedinfirmities
虚弱；体弱；衰弱
infirmities is the plural of infirmity.
the state of being weak in health or body, especially from old age
- 1.
Feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
虚弱、衰弱或疾病,尤指因年老所致。
- 2.
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
身体虚弱的状态(尤指因年老)
- 3.
A moral weakness or defect.
道德上的弱点或缺陷。
虚弱、衰弱或疾病,尤指因年老所致。；身体虚弱的状态(尤指因年老)；道德上的弱点或缺陷。；虚弱；病身
In use
After years of good health, his grandfather's growing infirmity made it hard for him to walk to the shop.
She refused to let old-age infirmity stop her from gardening every morning.
The doctor said that regular exercise could slow the infirmities that often come with aging.
suffer from infirmity
suffer from 后接 infirmity 时，infirmity 多作不可数名词，泛指身体虚弱、衰弱。
Many older people suffer from some degree of infirmity.
许多老年人都有一定程度的身体虚弱。
the infirmities of old age
此搭配常用复数，指老年期各种衰弱症状的统称。
The hospital has a ward for the infirmities of old age.
这家医院有一个治疗老年期衰弱的病房。
owing to infirmity
Connections
Collocations
- physical infirmity
- 身体虚弱
- Physical infirmity did not prevent her from living independently.身体虚弱并未妨碍她独立生活。
- infirmities of old age
- 老年体弱
- The clinic treats many of the infirmities of old age.这家诊所治疗许多老年体弱之症。
- age and infirmity
- 年老体衰
- Age and infirmity had slowly eroded his independence.年老体衰逐渐侵蚀了他的独立生活能力。
- suffer from an infirmity
- 身患虚弱之症
- She suffers from an infirmity that affects her hands.她患有一种影响双手活动的虚弱症。
- due to infirmity
- 因体弱
- He retired from his post due to infirmity.他因体弱而退休离职。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
in-（不）+ firm（稳固）+-ity（状态）：身体不够firm，就是虚弱。想象老人拄拐，脚步不稳。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、medical text、literature infirmity 比较正式，多用于书面语或医疗、文学语境；日常口语中更常说 weakness 或 frailty。
Pronunciation & Spelling
infirm, firm, term, confirm 都含有 /ɝm/ 音，与 infirmity 中重读的 /fɝm/ 相同，但它们不是整词押韵，因为 infirmity 后面还有 /ɪti/。enmity 和 calamity 拼写以 -mity 结尾，但读音分别是 /ˈɛnməti/ 和 /kəˈlæməti/，与 /ˈfɝmɪti/ 不同，不要按拼写类推。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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