fragile

• adj.もろい；壊れやすい

破片、破片から

fragile

fragile: [17] Fragile and frail [13] are doublets: that is to say, they have the same ultimate source but have evolved in different ways. In this case the source was Latin fragilis ‘breakable’, a derivative of the same base (*frag-) as produced frangere ‘break’ (whence English fractious). Fragile was acquired either directly from the Latin adjective or via French fragile, but frail passed through Old French frale or frele on its way to English. Other English words to come from *frag- include fragment [15] (from Latin fragmentum) and saxifrage, literally ‘rockbreaker’.
=> fraction, fracture, fragment, frail, saxifrage

fragile (adj.)

1510s, "liable to sin, morally weak;" c. 1600, "liable to break;" a back-formation from fragility, or else from Middle French fragile (Old French fragele, 14c.), from Latin fragilis "easily broken," from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction). Transferred sense of "of frail constitution" (of persons) is from 1858.

1. He remains the anchor of the country 's fragile political balance.

彼は依然として同国の脆弱な政治的バランスを維持するための柱である。

2.The fragile economies of several southern African nations could be irreparably damaged.

南アフリカの脆弱な経済は完全に破壊され、回復できない可能性がある。

3.She was small and fragile and looked incongruous in an army uniform.

彼女は小さくて弱くて、軍服を着ていると違和感があるように見える。

4.Because of the extreme cold，the Antarctic is a uniquely fragile environment.極寒は南極地方では珍しい脆弱な環境をもたらした。

5.He placed one hand heavily on a fragile ，wobbling table.

彼は片手をふらふらしたテーブルの上に重点的に置いた。