vulnerable

vulnerable
adjective
  1. exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally
    (身体或情感上)易受攻击的,易受伤害的;脆弱的
    we were in a vulnerable position.
    我们处在弱势地位。
    small fish are vulnerable to predators.
    小鱼易受食肉动物袭击。
    ■(Bridge)(of a partnership) liable to higher penalties, either by convention or through having won one game towards a rubber
    (桥牌)有局的
派生
vulnerability
( pl. -ies)
noun(pl. -ies)
vulnerableness
noun
vulnerably
adverb
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare 'to wound', from vulnus 'wound'
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