enfeebling

• 形容使人或事物变得虚弱、无力或衰弱的。

Describes something that causes a person or thing to become weak or feeble.

1. Causing weaknessC1formal

   Making someone or something physically or mentally weak.

   使人衰弱的

   • The enfeebling illness left him unable to work for months.
   • Prolonged isolation can have an enfeebling effect on mental health.
   • The enfeebling heat of the desert drained their energy.

   同义词debilitatingdrainingenervatingexhaustingincapacitatingweakening

   反义词strengthening

• 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