汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 弱不禁风
弱不禁风 (弱不禁風)
too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate / fragile state of health
禁 bear / Describes that the body is delicate and can't stand the wind
弱得经受不起风吹。喻娇弱。语本唐杜甫《江雨有怀郑典设》诗"乱波纷披已打岸,弱云狼藉不禁风。"
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她独自站在那里,看上去弱不禁风

She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own.

她是一个娇小的女人,弱不禁风,甚至显出。

She was a little woman, frail, and even sickly looking.

与其展现出来弱不禁风,不如让自然好好的锻炼它历尽风雨的本领。

Rather than show weak, let nature good exercise its power through the wind and rain.

珍珠港事变后德国毫无理由地向美军宣战也是一大败笔(他当时认为美国的军力弱不禁风)。

His gratuitous decision to declare war on the United States after Pearl Harbour was another catastrophe (he regarded America as a military weakling).

这样做的目的是为了避免重蹈1994年夏的覆辙。那时候上万古巴人就搭乘着弱不禁风的各式船只驶向大海。

The aim was to avoid a repeat of the summer of 1994, when tens of thousands of Cubans took to the sea in flimsy boats.

与贴在哈佛大学宿舍墙上的那些弱不禁风的甜姐儿不同,这个女人有一种不加粉饰的健康美,浑身散发出惊人的自信。

Unlike the waifish, cookie-cutter blondes that adorned Harvard dorm room walls, this woman was healthy with an unembellished beauty and genuineness that radiated a striking personal confidence.