【例】Large scale development and construction will be certain to bring enormous pressure to bear on the fragile ecological environment of Tibet.西藏生態環境脆弱,大規模開發建設勢必給生態環境帶來巨大壓力。
【構詞】frag(=fract碎裂)+-ile(形容詞后綴,表“易……的”)→易碎的
【同義替換】delicate, weak
【派生】fragility n.脆弱,虛弱,易碎
【真題】Works of several historians reveal the moral compromises made by the nation’s early leaders and the fragile nature of the country’s infancy.幾位歷史學家的著作揭示了美國早期的領袖們在道德方面所做的妥協,以及美國在建國初期的脆弱本質。
★ guilty
a.(of)有罪的,內疚的
【例】The manager was guilty of an important misjudgment.經理犯了一個重大的判斷錯誤。