infirm

• adj. 衰弱的；意誌薄弱的；不堅固的

in-,不，非，firm,固定的，堅實的。引申詞義體弱的，生病的。

infirm (adj.)

late 14c., "weak, unsound" (of things), from Latin infirmus "weak, frail, feeble" (figuratively "superstitious, pusillanimous, inconstant"), from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + firmus (see firm (adj.)). Of persons, "not strong, unhealthy," first recorded c. 1600. As a noun from 1711.

1. We are here to protect and assist the weak and infirm.

我們來這裏保護、幫助年邁體弱者。

來自柯林斯例句

2. care for the elderly and infirm

對年老體弱者的照顧

來自《權威詞典》

3. He was over eighty years of age, infirm and totally blind.

他八十多歲了,身體虛弱, 雙目失明.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. His already infirm body was racked by high fever.

他已經很虛弱的身體受著高燒的折磨。

來自辭典例句

5. Let the sails be rags and the sailors infirm and sickly.

讓帆布千瘡百孔,水手老弱病殘!

來自辭典例句