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。
虚弱;体弱;衰弱
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。;病身
虚弱、衰弱或疾病,尤指因年老所致。
Feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
身体虚弱的状态(尤指因年老)
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
道德上的弱点或缺陷。
A moral weakness or defect.
After years of good health, his grandfather's growing infirmity made it hard for him to walk to the shop.
在多年健康之后,他祖父日益加重的虚弱使他很难走到商店。
用法提示:infirmity 在这里作名词,表示因年老而身体虚弱的状态。
She refused to let old-age infirmity stop her from gardening every morning.
她拒绝让老年体弱阻止她每天早晨做园艺。
用法提示:infirmity 用作名词,指老年带来的身体衰弱,作动词 let 的宾语。
The doctor said that regular exercise could slow the infirmities that often come with aging.
医生说,经常锻炼可以减缓常常随衰老而来的各种身体衰弱。
用法提示:infirmities 是 infirmity 的复数形式,指多种老年体弱状况。
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。
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 较正式,infirmity 在此作不可数名词,用作介词宾语表示原因。
He took early retirement owing to infirmity.
他因体弱而提前退休。
强调体质脆弱、易生病,多用于人;也可指性格弱点,但在本义中指身体。
较正式,常用于因病或年老导致的体力衰竭,程度常比 infirmity 更强。
强调气力不足、身体绵软,语气较直白,可用于人或动物。
最常用,含义宽泛,可指体力或力量不足,不一定源于年老,使用时需要注意限定语境。
grammar · medium
易错句子My grandfather is very infirmity.
正确表达My grandfather is very infirm.
infirmity 是名词,表示“虚弱”的状态;在系动词 is 后作表语描述人“身体虚弱的”时要用形容词 infirm。把名词误当形容词用是常见的词性混淆错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子Old people often have many infirmitys.
正确表达Old people often have many infirmities.
infirmity 的复数形式是以辅音字母加 y 结尾,变 y 为 i 再加 es,即 infirmities,不能直接加 s 写成 infirmitys。
与「虚弱(尤指因年老)」相对,指身体健康有力。
与「衰弱」相对,指身心充满精力、生机勃勃。
与「病弱」相对,指身体无疾病、正常运作的状态。
与「体弱多病」相对,指身体强健、能胜任日常活动。
与「虚弱」相对,指身体结实、不易生病。
infirmary 指医务室或医院,是地点;infirmity 指身体虚弱或疾病,是状态。拼写相似,但词义完全不同。
infirm 是形容词,描述人或动物‘身体虚弱的’;infirmity 是名词,指‘虚弱’这一状态或疾病。注意词性不同,不可替换使用。
debility 和 infirmity 都表示‘虚弱’,但 debility 常指疾病或劳累后的一时衰弱,infirmity 多指老年引起的慢性体弱;两者强调的病因和语境不同。
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。
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。
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。
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。
因体弱
He retired from his post due to infirmity.
他因体弱而退休离职。
in- (不) + firm (坚固;强壮) + -ity (性质;状态)
in- (不) + ability (能力)
con- (加强) + firm (坚固;坚定)
equal (相等的) + -ity (性质;状态)
指具体的疾病或不适,与虚弱(infirmity)同属健康不佳的范畴。
指生物老化的过程,infirmity 常是衰老带来的身体表现。
身体虚弱常导致活动受限,immobility 是其后果之一。
关注老年人健康问题的医学领域,infirmity 是常见的老龄化相关话题。
指病后恢复健康的阶段,与身体衰弱的infirmity形成对比但同属健康变化过程。
意志薄弱;优柔寡断
His infirmity of purpose kept him from ever taking a decisive stand.
他意志薄弱,始终无法果断表明立场。
我为基督的缘故,就以软弱、凌辱、急难、逼迫、困苦为可喜乐的;因我什么时候软弱,什么时候就刚强了。
In his second letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul says that God's power is made perfect in weakness, so he can even rejoice in his infirmities.
使徒保罗在给哥林多人的第二封信中说,神的能力在人的软弱上显得完全,所以他甚至能因自己的软弱而喜乐。
他代替我们的软弱,担当我们的疾病。
The Gospel of Matthew quotes Isaiah to describe how Jesus healed the sick, taking their infirmities upon himself.
马太福音引用以赛亚的话,描述耶稣如何医治病人,把他们的软弱担在他自己身上。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.