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。

youdao

I cannot quantify the physics of friendships and do not know exactly how much intense pressure can be applied before these glittery, brittle bonds break.

我没法把我们的友谊量化，也不能确切地知道，在我们闪光而易碎的骨头断裂之前，我们能到底能承受多大的压力。

youdao

Further, risk of regression defects increases when code maintainability is compromised, because code that is not properly maintained is inherently more brittle.

而且，就算代码维护性得到了解决，缺陷复发的风险也得到了增加，因为不适当维护后的代码变得更加的脆弱。

youdao

"We think because of the long term effect of the bone, there may be stress fractures that are not repairing and I think the bone is becoming brittle, and it's not exactly as if it occurs without any warning, but it occurs suddenly with minimal trauma."

VOA: standard.2010.03.14

What rescues the proceedings is the presence of Bening and, above all, of Watts, both of whom seek to offset the mush by presenting us with women who are not just brittle and dismayed but positively unlikable.

NEWYORKER: Mother and Child

The reason HTSs have not taken hold is that brittle ceramics are incredibly tricky to spin into flexible wires, principally because their crystals need to be perfectly aligned in order for resistance to remain low.

ECONOMIST: Inside story

Though the draft report highlighted South Africa's post-apartheid achievements, including its liberal constitution, sound economic policy, generally sensible new laws and free politics, it did not shy away from spelling out problems it has yet to solve: still brittle race relations, rising xenophobia (against immigrants from Zimbabwe, for instance) and the lingering reluctance of some whites to embrace the new South Africa.

ECONOMIST: South Africa