devitalize

vt. 夺去生命, 使衰弱 [医] 失活, 去生机

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词形变化

devitalized devitalizes 三单 devitalizes devitalizing devitalizing 现在分词 devitalized 过去式 devitalized 过去分词

别名

devitalise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.

    比喻 及物

    Near-synonym: deanimate

    Noncrushing surgical clamps avoid devitalizing the cells of arterial walls.

    Economic stress has devitalized some shopping malls in the web era.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

devitalise

反义词 1

vitalize

上位词 1

weaken

下位词 1

eviscerate

词源

From de- + vitalize.

来源：wiktionary