enfeeble

• 动词，指使人或事物变得虚弱、无力；削弱力量、精力或效力。

A verb meaning to make weak or feeble; to deprive of strength or vigor.

1. Weaken physicallyC2formal

   To make someone or something weak or feeble.

   使虚弱

   • The long illness enfeebled his body.
   • Age had enfeebled the old king.
   • The harsh winter enfeebled the livestock.

   同义词debilitatedrainenervateexhaustprostratesapweaken

   反义词empowerfortifyhardeninvigoratestrengthen

2. Weaken in strength or effectivenessC2formal

   To reduce the power, influence, or effectiveness of something.

   削弱

   • Corruption enfeebled the government's authority.
   • The constant criticism enfeebled his resolve.
   • Poor management enfeebled the company's position in the market.

   同义词crippledebilitatedisabledrainemasculateenervateexhaustimpairsapundermineweaken

   反义词bolsterempowerfortifyinvigoratereinforcestrengthen