Vulnerable
['vʌln(ə)rəb(ə)l] or ['vʌlnərəbl]
解释:
(adj.) capable of being wounded or hurt; 'vulnerable parts of the body' .
(adj.) susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; 'vulnerable to bribery'; 'an argument vulnerable to refutation' .
(adj.) susceptible to attack; 'a vulnerable bridge' .
编辑:玛杰里--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body.
(a.) Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation.
录入:米尔顿
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Assailable, weak, exposed, tender, delicate
ANT:Unassailable, impregnable, invulnerable
编辑:尼特
解释:
adj. capable of being wounded: liable to injury.—v.t. Vuln (her.) to wound.—adj. Vulned (her.).—ns. Vulnerabil′ity Vul′nerableness.—adj. Vul′nerary pertaining to wounds: useful in healing wounds.—n. anything useful in curing wounds.—adj. Vul′nerose with many wounds.
整理:蒂娜
例句:
- He did this in an attempt to destroy Jewry, but indeed he made Jewry stronger by destroying its one sensitive and vulnerable point. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She always felt vulnerable, vulnerable, there was always a secret chink in her armour. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He is vulnerable to reason there--always a few grains of common-sense in an ounce of miserliness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I want love that is like sleep, like being born again, vulnerable as a baby that just comes into the world. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- She had been wearing a loose dressing-gown of purple silk, tied round her waiSt. She looked so small and childish and vulnerable, almost pitiful. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- His praises were so many adder's stings infixed in my vulnerable breast. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The touch of her hand, the moving softness of her look, thrilled a vulnerable fibre in Rosedale. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- You are not very vulnerable from above, Holmes remarked as he held up the lantern and gazed about him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- He felt it acutely in his vulnerable point--his pride in the commercial character which he had established for himself. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
整理:蒂娜