disempower

vt.& vi. 使自信心降低

发音

UK /dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)/

词形变化

disempowered disempowering disempowers 三单 disempowers disempowering 现在分词 disempowered 过去式 disempowered 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To strip power from (someone or some group), as:

    To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.

    A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.

  2. 2.

    To strip power from (someone or some group), as:

    To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.

    The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.

词源

From dis- + empower.

来源：wiktionary