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单词 vulnerability
释义
vulnerability
noun[UorC]
uk
/ˌvʌl.nər.əˈbɪl.ə.ti//ˌvʌn.rəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌvʌl.nɚ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
thequalityof beingvulnerable(=ableto beeasilyhurt,influenced, orattacked), or something that isvulnerable:
脆弱性；脆弱之物
Youwantadoctorwhounderstandsthe patient's vulnerability.您需要一位了解患者脆弱心情的医生。
Those whoorganizedtheattacksexploitedvulnerabilities in the nation'sdefences.那些组织袭击的人利用了该国防御上的弱点。
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  • Thiscountryhas theinfrastructuretoaddressourenergyvulnerability.
  • She hasrecentlylosthermother,increasingheremotionalvulnerability.
  • Thevoteexposedvulnerabilities in theelectionprocess.
  • Thecharactersshowtheirfearsand vulnerabilities.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebbidiom
  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
  • besomeone'spoodleidiom
  • brittle
  • helplessly
  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • sitting target
  • soft target
  • submissive
  • submissively
  • submissiveness
  • watery
  • wetness
  • wimpy
  • wonky
  • wuss
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(Definition ofvulnerabilityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Predicting depression in women : the role of past and presentvulnerability.
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For example, pre-adaptation to cold may protect against subsequent exposure to ionizing radiation (positive acclimation), but may increasevulnerabilityto hypoxia (negative acclimation).
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Effectiveness of targeting thevulnerabilityfactors of depression in cognitive therapy.
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Anything that worsens a population's economic well-being has the effect of increasingvulnerabilityto disease as well as to external pressures.
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Thevulnerabilityis specific to photoreceptors; other retinal neurons appeared resistant to the exposures tested.
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Global inequality also increases the political, economic, and environmentalvulnerabilityof especially small states and less developed countries, due to their lack of financial capacity.
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Our analysis indicates that the overwhelming majority of attacks are the result of malformed input exploiting a softwarevulnerabilityof a network-attached process.
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Researchers have begun to trace the key dimensions of such stress, but also to understand individual and family differences that may moderatevulnerabilityto stress.
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The important question is exactly how much surplus production was possible, what level of institutional complexity could be maintained, and what vulnerabilities emerged.
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In summary, biologicalvulnerabilityto depressive symptoms and disorders appears to be greater in later life compared to midlife.
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It is important, then, to study the range of disruptive behaviors and factors that reinforce a young child'svulnerability.
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This transition might therefore provide an opportunity to observe the operation of bothvulnerabilityand protective processes.
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From this basic observation about thevulnerabilityof unfooted syllables, researchers have made a variety of specific proposals.
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On other levels, the two applications of thevulnerabilityframework revealed interesting commonalities and point to promising possibilities for comparative research.
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Old-agevulnerabilityis increasingly shaped by the monetary resources and needs of care-recipients as well as caregivers.
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