Trust is
fragile, so sometimes you may feel like walking on thin ice.
信任是脆弱的，有时你会觉得如履薄冰。
Mary is now 90 and in
fragile health.
玛丽现已90高龄，身体虚弱。
Fragile handle with care.
易碎品，小心轻放.
The vase is very
fragile, handle with care.
这个花瓶很脆弱，要小心拿。
Her health is quite
fragile; any sudden stress could be harmful.
她的健康状况很脆弱，任何突发的压力都可能有害。
The old man's heart condition is
fragile, he needs constant medical attention.
老人的心脏状况很脆弱，需要持续的医疗护理。
A glass sculpture is a
fragile artwork that requires special handling and storage.
玻璃雕塑是易碎的艺术品，需要特别的处理和保存。
His relationship is on a
fragile footing, a single disagreement could end it.
他的关系很不稳定，一次小小的分歧就可能导致结束。
The baby's skin is so delicate, you have to be gentle when changing their diaper.
婴儿的皮肤非常娇嫩，换尿布时要轻柔。
The antique furniture is so
fragile, one wrong move could cause damage.
古董家具非常脆弱，稍有不慎就会损坏。
She was handling the situation with such fragility, afraid of making any missteps.
她在处理这个问题上非常谨慎，生怕出错。
The peace talks are in a
fragile state, any provocation could derail them.
和平谈判处于微妙的状态，任何挑衅都可能使它们陷入危机。
After the surgery, she was advised to avoid any strenuous activities as her recovery is still
fragile.
手术后，她被建议避免剧烈活动，因为她的康复还很脆弱。
Conditions are harsh in the hot, arid area, which features strong winds that often pick up sand, while the natural environment is fragile, he said.
他说，炎热干旱地区的条件恶劣，强风经常卷起沙子，而自然环境脆弱。
Chun said the company will stay in the fresh produce category, and maintain its premium pricing strategy, owing to the costly smart agriculture system (they use substrates to grow the fruits) to human labor to handpicking the fragile fruits.
Chun表示，公司将继续专注于新鲜农产品领域，并保持其高端定价策略。这是由于他们使用昂贵的智能农业系统（利用培养基种植水果）和需要人力手工采摘脆弱水果，成本较高。
"Because the strawberry is such a fragile fruit, we aim to address the long-lasting pain points of the supply side (over or under supply) and the demand side (purchasing stale fruits) using technology.
Unlike the fiercely competitive feed market, China has a huge demand for pork and chicken but fragile supply.
That said, they are fragile and easily influenced by global competition, which means that reliable inbound and outbound express services are essential.
Du Haiming, assistant director of the sales department at New Times Shipbuilding Co, said, "Even though many parts of the world still face uncertainty and challenges in the global economy, including fragile supply chains and subdued investment sentiment, orders placed by our clients in the Asia-Pacific region have remained high since last year.
"However, with 80 percent of its land dominated by desert known for its long dry spells, traditional grazing practices have wreaked havoc on the country's fragile ecosystems, creating a vicious cycle.
Going forward, greater efforts are needed to restore the increasingly fragile China-US relations, advance economic and trade cooperation, and achieve win-win cooperation on the premise of mutual respect and peaceful coexistence, he said.
Zhao Chenxin, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that global growth lacks momentum and downward pressure is rising, warning of uncertainties related to major Western economies' capability to control inflation, the fragile financial system, the anti-globalization trend, food security and energy safety.
Among them, emerging markets with fragile domestic economies, sharp exchange rate depreciations, high short-term debt, and political instability have a higher probability of debt crisis.
However, it is also one of the nation's most environmentally fragile areas.
The fragile environment severely impeded the province's economic growth and posed a serious challenge to people's livelihoods.
"Against the fragile global economic recovery, the fast growth in China-South Korea trade indicated the two countries have strong economic complementarity and has also demonstrated the resilience and potential of their economic and trade cooperation," Shu said.
Instead, it will only create more disruptions to the already quite fragile regional and world economy.
Noting that uncertainties such as the fragile world economic recovery and problems related to costs, supply chains, and logistics still exist, Shu said that effective coordination of epidemic control, economic and social development, and supporting measures will help with propelling the foreign trade growth.
"As both US inflation and its Producer Price Index have hit new high levels, there are few ideal tools for the country to leverage to contain inflation without disrupting the extremely fragile US economic recovery," said Liu Ying, a researcher at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of the Renmin University of China in Beijing.
"The next round of reform of rural commercial banks in China will focus on overcoming the problems of the majority of such banks, that is to say, having too few total assets, insufficient technological strength, poor corporate governance, weak risk management and fragile credit quality of individual institutions," Zou said in a report released on Feb 10.
Uncertainties arising from Russia-Ukraine tensions have been disrupting regional ocean shipping, adversely impacting global supplies of oil, natural gas and grains, pushing up commodity prices and straining the already fragile global supply chain suffering from COVID-19 impacts, experts and business leaders said on Thursday.
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine will likely cause more uncertainties amid the already fragile global industrial and supply chains, exerting some pressure on China's economic growth, which is already facing "shrinking demand, supply shocks and weaker expectations", experts said on Monday.
Europe situation seen imperiling ongoing fragile global economic recoveryContinuing geopolitical tensions like those involving Russia and Ukraine have further tightened global energy supplies and are expected to push commodity prices higher, which will make the ongoing fragile global economic recovery more challenging, analysts said on Friday.
Many developing nations boast rich biodiversity resources, and some areas in these countries are environmentally fragile, Zhang said, adding that efforts to address such issues will help create a favorable environment for Chinese companies' operations.
Although large enterprises are more resilient in the face of pressure, small and medium-sized firms are more fragile.
It is very important to plan early to hedge against the possibility that a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises and fragile industries will have operational difficulties as commodity prices and import prices continue to rise and export and consumer prices stay at low levels.
Some market entities face more difficulties in business operation and market expectations are quite fragile.
According to Zhou, as the pandemic continues to have a severe impact on global production and recovery, high levels of inflation in many developed economies, including the United States and Europe, have led to panic buying and put more strain on already fragile global supply chains and have disrupted the normal operations of China's foreign trade enterprises.
Given the fluctuating COVID-19 pandemic and the fragile recovery of the world economy, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reiterated during the meeting that BRICS members need to strengthen solidarity and cooperation to jointly boost economic recovery.
Meanwhile, economists called for more policy attention to consumer confidence, the service sector and the job market, which remained fragile and have not fully recovered to their pre-COVID levels.
Despite the fragile global economic recovery, the digital economy has played an important role in driving the economic recovery and sustainable economic development for economies around the world, the report said.
However, Li Xingqian, director-general of the Ministry of Commerce's Department of Foreign Trade, said at a recent media conference in Beijing that China's foreign trade will face multiple uncertainties resulting from the pandemic and the fragile world economic situation.
"The world community is more fragile and more divided than ever, seemingly lacking the spirit and the political tools to find the necessary answers to common challenges.
A silver lining was brought about by China-Europe freight trains which bolstered fragile supply chains in Eurasian countries and saved businesses in both China and Europe.
A silver lining brought by China-Europe freight trains has boosted fragile supply chains in Eurasian countries and saved businesses in both China and Europe.
Pan also cautioned that uncertainties in the world, including uneven global recovery, rising inflation pressure, and a fragile financial market, might affect exchange rates in the future.
The growth outlook in several countries in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean, remains fragile and uncertain.
"Vaccine inequity between countries and regions is posing a significant risk to an already uneven and fragile global recovery," said UN Chief Economist Elliott Harris in a press release.
But pressure still exists, especially in vulnerable emerging market, low-income and fragile states, economists said.
Over-exploitation and an increasingly fragile environment have already sent out warning signals.
"In 2021, we should focus more on the monthly growth rate of GDP to monitor the marginal changes," Zhu said, adding that small firms and local governments may be the fragile areas that need consistent policy support.
"While the global economy appears to have entered a subdued recovery, policymakers face formidable challenges—in public health, debt management, budget policies, central banking and structural reforms—as they try to ensure that this still fragile global recovery gains traction and sets a foundation for robust growth," said World Bank Group President David Malpass.
While much of the world scrambles to prevent new waves of coronavirus from stalling the fragile recovery from recession, China's economy seems to be hitting its stride.
This has implications for the continent of Africa as it is a fragile link in the international industrial layout.
After that, we should designate the money to the most fragile nations, our most fragile brothers, to help them improve their capabilities," he said.
"In addition, the tunnel will go through four near-surface rock layers — with its top only 8 meters to 12 meters below the surface ground — where the surrounding rock is fragile, leaving us tons of work in handling stability.
West's reputation worsens"In recent years, the West's already fragile reputation in Africa has worsened.
"The surges in international energy prices due to global inflation and geopolitical issues have added more uncertainties to the fragile balance between coal supply and demand in China," said Wu Wei, an assistant professor with the School of Management at Xiamen University, Fujian province.
"The majority of the cities that put a drop limit on home prices are third and fourth-tier cities, which are much more fragile than their first and second-tier peers during property market uncertainties," said Lu Wenxi, a researcher with Centaline Shanghai.
“大部分对房价设定下跌限制的城市都是三四线城市，这些城市在房地产市场出现不确定性时，相较于一二线城市要脆弱得多。” 中原地产上海研究院研究员卢文曦表示。
The hospitality industry is fragile, and it depends on many outside factors beyond our control, and we cannot take anything for granted.
酒店业十分脆弱，它受许多我们无法控制的外部因素影响，因此我们不能对任何事情掉以轻心。
"It also acts as a fresh reminder that the supply chain remains fragile due to COVID-19," Yao said.
姚说：“这也提醒我们，由于新冠疫情，供应链仍然脆弱。”
The western part will promote ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, and will strictly implement policies restricting mindless exploitation of natural resources in extremely fragile ecological areas.
西部地区将促进黄河流域生态保护和高质量发展，并严格执行限制在极其脆弱生态区内盲目开发自然资源的政策。
"Due to external uncertainties such as the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and rising protectionism, the fragile supply chain of raw materials and the unstable supply channels have become even more vulnerable," said Li Xinchuang, Party chief of China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute.
中国冶金工业规划研究院党委书记李新创表示：“由于外部不确定性的影响，如新冠疫情和日益抬头的保护主义，原材料脆弱的供应链和不稳定的供应渠道变得更加脆弱。”
Uptick in orders received by Chinese firms augurs well for future, say expertsMixed signals emanating from the latest purchasing manager's index have indicated the "fragile" beginning of a potential major recovery of China's manufacturing sector, analysts said on Friday.
"Signs of upturn are still fragile," he said, citing that lackluster investment and the shortened payroll of the manufacturing sector pointed to protracted pressure faced by the sector amid domestic downside risks and external uncertainties.
However, if the high price lasts longer, the impact will be huge for the current fragile global market and will lead to inflation in the United States," Lin said.
"We need to pay more attention to energy security, especially as the situation in the Middle East is fairly fragile," Lin added.
It is estimated that 396,000 residents are currently living under the poverty line, mostly in the semi-arid mountainous and alpine regions in the south, which has a fragile ecosystem.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said that Germany has achieved a "fragile intermediate success" in its the fight against the coronavirus and that its emergence from lockdown would begin with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools starting May 4.
The CAAM said the auto industry's performance in the July-September period was better than the previous quarter, but the industrial climate is still fragile.
In the wake of the fragile global economic recovery, the digital economy has become a key to realizing economic recovery and promoting sustainable development, as well as a new driver to boost high-quality development, said Zhuang Rongwen, director of the Cyberspace Administration of China.
"The existing AI algorithms are very fragile.
Many current AI systems are actually fragile and it's easy for hackers to forge," Tian said.
From March 2022 to the first quarter of last year, financial crises of varying degrees broke out in eight developing countries with relatively fragile financial systems, including Pakistan, Argentina and Egypt.
Their comments came at a time when the global financial landscape has turned more fragile as monetary tightening led by the United States has raised the cost for many EM economies to service external debt and exposed them to higher risks of debt crisis and liquidity woes.
"We are at a defining moment in history – one which calls for bold, fast and wide-ranging collective action if we are to limit global warming and protect our fragile planet," said Jin Liqun, president and chair of the board of directors at AIIB.
Also, it's impossible that inflation pressure will disappear in the next year, driven by higher costs as the global supply chains may remain fragile, he said.
The "Fragile Five"－Turkey, Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa－which were hit hard in 2013, have seen their current accounts significantly improve by taking a more balanced ratio in their GDP.
"With inflation low and the recovery, especially of private demand, still relatively fragile, it's important to maintain accommodative policies and to avoid premature tightening," said Sebastian Eckardt, lead economist for China at the World Bank.
The direct impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic is likely to be relatively small, but the impact on the already very fragile Italian economy is likely to provoke another Eurozone financial crisis.
Move expected to lower financing costs for businesses, support real economyChina cut its benchmark lending rate on Thursday to spur production and mitigate impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on some fragile sectors, even as experts suggested that stronger and cheaper credit supply will help reverse an economic slowdown.
But putting too much cash into reserves can reduce banks' profits, hitting stock prices and disappointing shareholders, especially when financial investors' confidence is weak due to the fragile market and the increasing uncertainties from home and abroad, according to analysts.
The weak economic outlook for the next decade, caused by the escalating China-US trade dispute, is piling pressure on the already fragile valuations.
Some large and qualified commercial banks can borrow more and get cheaper money from the central bank, if they will increase lending to small and micro enterprises, as well as the private sector－the most fragile area when faced with economic downside risks, the central bank announced late on Wednesday.
But they hastened to add the investor sentiment may still be rather fragile in the short term.
"The promised policies to boost the market and the economy should be put into place as scheduled to avoid fluctuations, as investor sentiment is still relatively fragile", Hong said.
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"The recent renminbi depreciation was mainly because of the fragile market sentiment with uncertainties, instead of any deterioration of Chinese economic foundations," according to Liu.
"If the trade tensions continue to escalate in the second half, joint-stock commercial banks will be more fragile, as their nonperforming loans will increase," said Zhou.
"This capital package allows for greater responsiveness to risks to global stability and security, particularly in poorer countries and fragile states," Kim added.
While the market recovered some of the loss on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rebounding by 0.44 percent, investors' sentiment remained fragile, especially toward companies with trust or asset management products as their top shareholders.
According to a research note from Hua Chuang Securities, consumption-related companies are more "defensive" because they are more able to withstand cyclical pressures than many other fragile sectors that are sensitive to external factors.
"The trend is clear that the Chinese economy has started to stabilize and improve while the US economic recovery seems to be rather fragile.
However, he pointed out that due to its unique geographical location and harsh, high-altitude climate, the ecological system in Sanjiangyuan remains "sensitive and fragile".
The notice forbids the cultivation of arable land in areas of desertification or with serious soil erosion, fragile ecology, severe pollution or any other conditions that would make it difficult to restore.
The notice forbids the cultivation of arable land in desert areas and areas with serious soil erosion, fragile ecology, severe pollution or any other conditions that would make it difficult to restore.
- China's top legislature on Wednesday adopted a law to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the roof of the world.
"Despite having one of the best ecological environments in the world, the natural ecosystem of the plateau is inherently fragile and sensitive," said Shui Yanping, deputy director of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Tibet autonomous region.
"The law prohibits production and construction activities that may cause soil erosion in areas that already suffer severe soil erosion or have fragile ecology.
"The ecosystem of the South China Sea is fragile so we should actively work for the sustainable use of the South China Sea," said Liu Zhenmin, noting both regional countries and non-regional countries should take the issue seriously and reduce pollution such as oil and plastics.
Qian said the carrying capacity of China's environment is limited and its ecosystems are fragile, however, with a population of over 1.4 billion, the nation has reversed the trend of environmental deterioration.