debilitate

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vt. 使衰弱

发音

UK /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/
其它
US /dəˈbɪləteɪt/

词形变化

debilitated debilitates 三单 debilitates debilitating debilitating 现在分词 debilitated 过去式 debilitated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使衰弱；使虚弱

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make feeble; to weaken.

    及物

    The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

drain enfeeble

上位词 1

weaken

下位词 3

waste emaciate macerate

词源

From debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective dēbilis (“weak”), itself from de- + habilis (“able”). Equivalent to Latin dēbilitō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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