enervate
英 ['en?ve?t]
美['?n?vet]
- vt. 使衰弱；使失去活力
- adj. 衰弱的；無力的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?enervates;過去式:?enervated;過去分詞:?enervated;現在分詞:?enervating;名詞:?enervation;
中文詞源
enervate 使衰弱
e-, 向外。-nerv, 神經，勇氣，詞源同nerve, nervous。
英文詞源
- enervate (v.)
- c. 1600, "deprive of force or strength," from Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare "to weaken" (see enervation). Literal sense of "to weaken, impair" in English is from 1610s. Related: Ennervated; ennervating. As a verb Middle English had enerve (c. 1400, eneruyd).
雙語例句
- 1. Soft living will enervate the leaders, and those under their command will be changed into beasts.
- 舒適的生命會弱化領導者, 在他們命令之下的會變成了獸.
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