VULNERABLE


Meaning of VULNERABLE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , prove

▪ appear , feel , look , seem

You must try not to appear ~.

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ leave sb/sth , make sb/sth , render sb/sth

The virus attacks the immune system, leaving your body ~ to infections.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

She is very sensitive and rather ~.

▪ acutely , especially , highly , particularly

▪ completely , totally

▪ increasingly

▪ potentially

▪ peculiarly , uniquely

Hippos are uniquely ~ to drought.

▪ oddly ( esp. AmE ), strangely ( esp. BrE )

He smiled, making her suddenly feel oddly ~.

▪ economically , politically

The company is in an economically ~ position.

▪ emotionally , psychologically

PREPOSITION

▪ to

These offices are highly ~ to terrorist attack.

Vulnerable is used with these nouns: ↑ economy , ↑ patient , ↑ people , ↑ personality , ↑ position , ↑ situation , ↑ spot , ↑ stage , ↑ target

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .