debilitate
英 [dɪ'bɪlɪteɪt]
美[dɪ'bɪlɪtet]
- vt. 使衰弱;使虚弱
词态变化
第三人称单数: debilitates;过去式: debilitated;过去分词: debilitated;现在分词: debilitating;
中文词源
debilitate 使无力
de-, 不,非,使相反。-hab, 持,握,力量,词源同able, habit.
英英释意
- 1. make weak;
- "Life in the camp drained him"
英文词源
- debilitate (v.)
- 1530s, from Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare "to weaken," from debilis "weak" (see debility). Related: Debilitated; debilitating.