Energy shortages continue to ravage north korea 's already frail economy .
各种资源的短缺仍在折磨着朝鲜已经非常脆弱的经济。
But a peace maintained by deterrence alone is a frail thing .
但是仅仅靠威慑来维持的和平实在太脆弱了。
Fidel 's frail and ghostly presence in his compound in siboney , a leafy enclave of mansions on havana 's western outskirts , doubtless checks the speed of reform .
Yet despite this good news , housing finance is frail as ever .
尽管房市呈现复苏好势,但住房信贷仍旧脆弱。
President william mckinley 's wife , ida , was once a high-spirited socialite , but the deaths of her two young daughters and epileptic seizures left her frail and withdrawn .
A photograph posted on the xinhua web site of the two men shaking hands shows mr. kim as a frail man , his skin sagging and his eyes staring dimly into the distance .
新华网站上刊登一张两人握手合照,表明金先生身体虚弱,皮肤下垂,双眼朦胧地望向远方。
Internal dynamics over the succession of kim jong-il , the frail dictator , and a diplomatic stand-off with the conservative administration now running south korea have gathered a momentum of their own .