enervate

英 [ˈenəveɪt]

美 [ˈenərveɪt]

v.  使感到衰弱(或虚弱、无力)

过去分词：enervated　现在分词：enervating　过去式：enervated　第三人称单数：enervates　

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BNC.44915 / COCA.33185

牛津词典

verb

• 使感到衰弱（或虚弱、无力）
  to make sb feel weak and tired
  1. an enervating disease/climate
     使人衰弱的疾病；使人感到乏力的气候

英英释义

verb

• weaken mentally or morally
• disturb the composure of
  Synonym:fazeunnerveunsettle

双语例句

• A hot climate enervate people who be not used to It.
  热的气候使不习惯于热的人衰弱无力。
• O Frenchmen, O my countrymen, Let not your enemies, with their desolating doctrines, degrade your souls, and enervate your virtues!
  法兰西人，我的同胞啊，不要让你的敌人用那为人唾弃的原则使你的灵魂堕落，令你的美德削减吧！
• On the other hand, she uses isolated institutions, open endings, and particularly, parodies of metafiction to enervate credibility of her stories.
  另一方面，她总是将故事发生的场景设置在荒僻封闭的角落，并且给故事一个开放式结尾，尤其是经常采用超小说的结构模式，让读者确认其作品的虚构性。
• Soft living will enervate the leaders, and those under their command will be changed into beasts.
  舒适的生命会弱化领导者，在他们命令之下的会变成了兽。