debilitate

[英] [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt] [美] [dɪˈbɪlɪˌtet] 生词本

vt.

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  • 英英释义

1. VERB 使虚弱;使衰弱 If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. 
  • Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.

    昨天拉塞尔因肠胃病毒感染身体不适,由斯图尔特暂时接手。

debilitating
  • ...a debilitating illness.

    导致身体虚弱的疾病

debilitated
  • Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously.

    偶尔会有病人过于虚弱,必须通过静脉注射进食。

2. VERB 削弱(组织、社团或政府)的力量 To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. 
  • ...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance.

    他们试图削弱西方联盟的政治决心的努力

debilitating
  • ...years of debilitating economic crisis.

    多年来拖累经济的经济危机

debilitated
  • ...the debilitated ruling party.

    力量遭到削弱的执政党

Verb

1. make weak;

  • "Life in the camp drained him"