They don't deform easily; they tend to be more brittle.

它们不容易变形；它们是更脆的。

They were quite brittle and shattered very easily if they were dropped.

它们很脆，如果掉在地上很容易碎。

You've already known that ice is brittle, and if you hit it with a hammer, it will shatter like glass.

大家都知道冰是易碎的，如果你拿锤子敲击它，它会如玻璃一样碎裂。

Engineers like ceramics because they can be heated without melting, unlike metals and plastics, though, they are brittle.

工程师们喜欢陶瓷，因为陶瓷在加热时不会熔化，但与金属和塑料不同的是，陶瓷易碎。

Those who survive are at greater risk of developing brittle bones, life-threatening infections, kidney damage and heart problems.

那些存活下来的人面临着更大的风险，如骨头变脆，威胁生命的感染，肾脏损害以及心脏问题。

My middle-aged friend says I should accept the inevitable fact that let the bones turn brittle, the skin shrivel and sag, the hair grey and thin.

我的中年朋友说，我应当接受不可避免的事实，让骨骼变得脆弱，皮肤枯萎松弛，头发稀疏变白。

The inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would burn out the impurities that made the iron brittle.

发明家亨利·贝塞默发现，在熔炉里对铁水直接吹一吹气，就会烧掉使铁变脆的杂质。

Pine is brittle and breaks.

松木硬脆易折。

It is a less brittle mechanism.

因此，这是一个比较强壮的机制。

Brittle is a good word to exercise this idea.

而单词brittle正好用来检验这个说法。

Brittle nails are indicative of calcium deficiency.

指甲发脆表明缺钙。

Also a brittle person can be someone who is unfriendly.

如果你说某人brittle，还可以指这个人很不友好。

Generated code is usually too brittle and often complex.

生成的代码通常太脆弱和复杂。

Unlike metals and plastics, though, they are brittle.

不像金属还有塑料，因为后两者十分脆弱。

Too little, and the system becomes stovepiped and brittle.

过少的内聚性将使系统变得脆弱。

Declarative markup will replace much brittle procedural code.

声明式标记将取代很多脆弱的过程性代码。

The more detailed our plans get, the more brittle they become.

计划越详细，也就越脆弱。

Mostly, he sits in a wheelchair, crippled by brittle bone disease.

由于脆骨病致残，他大多数情况下坐在轮椅上。

Extended use of these products can lead to split ends and brittle hair.

过分的使用这些产品会导致头发分岔和发脆。

All that sun, water and chlorine made your hair dry, rough, brittle, and frizzy?

所有那些阳光、水和氯使你的头发干燥、粗糙、脆弱以及卷曲？

Out of date tea leaves will be brittle and dry, rather than lush and aromatic.

过期的茶叶会变得干燥易碎，口感与味道都会明显下降。

The only problem is that it's fragile and brittle, and that means it breaks easily.

唯一的毛病在于它脆弱而易碎，也就是说很容易坏掉。

You still have to solve the same puzzles, and the solutions are just as brittle.

您仍然需要解决相同的难题，而且解决方案会不可靠。

XML is often less brittle because, again, you can ignore data you don't know about.

xml一般也比较强壮，因为你可以对你所不了解的数据视而不见。

Those tablets were not baked, only dried in the sun and [were], therefore, very brittle.

那些粘土碑不是被烧制的，而只是在阳光下晒干，所以是非常易碎的。

A good source of biotin, avocados help to prevent dry skin and brittle hair and nails.

作为一种生物素的重要来源，鳄梨可以防止皮肤干燥，头发与指甲的开裂。

Brown, brittle leaves fell carelessly in front of my path while my mind was off remembering.

发黄干脆的树叶在我前面的路上飘落，而我的思绪已经完全沉入回忆里了。