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weaken

英 ['wiːk(ə)n] 美['wikən]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词impair languish droop faint cripple water fail dilute disable sink depress decline loosen lessen

反义词

vt. 减少；使变弱；使变淡
vi. 变弱；畏缩；变软弱

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词态变化

第三人称单数: weakens;过去式: weakened;过去分词: weakened;现在分词: weakening;

英英释意

1. lessen the strength of;: "The fever weakened his body"

2. become weaker;: "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

3. destroy property or hinder normal operations;: "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

4. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of;: "de-escalate a crisis"

5. lessen in force or effect;: "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

英文词源

weaken (v.): late 14c., "to become feeble," from weak + -en (1). Transitive sense from 1560s. Related: Weakened; weakening.

考试真题

It weakens in one's later years.

Does that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened?Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy.

In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.

It will gradually weaken the eyes of adults.

For instance, some people believe that wearing glasses too soon weakens the eyes.

Generous parental leave policies and readily available part-time options have unintended consequences:instead of strengthening women's attachment to the workplace,they appear to weaken it.

He felt troubled about the weakening of American craftsmanship.

Inevitably however, the day came when she was so weakened that she had to return to Pittsburgh, her home town.

Apple argues that it is fighting to preserve a principle that most of us who are addicted to our smartphones can defend: Weaken a single iPhone so that its contents can be viewed by the American government and you risk weakening all iPhones for any govern

El nifio sees warm water, collected over several years in the western pacific, flow back eastwards when winds that normally blow westwards weaken.

Support is growing for a theory that sleep evolved so that connections between neurons in the brain can be weakened overnight, making room for fresh memories to form the next day.

The synapses in the mice taken at the end of a period of sleep were 18 per cent smaller than those taken before sleep, showing that the connections between neurons weaken while sleeping.

Voice manipulation technologies may weaken that gradually.

It is like the immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us.

实用场景例句

The team has been weakened by injury.: 这个队因伤实力减弱。

The new evidence weakens the case against her.: 新的证据削弱了诉她的案由。

His authority is steadily weakening.: 他的权威日趋减弱。

The explosion had weakened the building's foundations.: 爆炸松动了这座楼房的地基。

She felt her legs weaken.: 她觉得两腿无力。

Nothing could weaken his resolve to continue.: 什么也不能削弱他继续下去的决心。

You must not agree to do it. Don't weaken.: 你们一定不能同意做这件事。别心软。

The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive...: 经济衰退使许多公司实力大损，不少难以为继。

The Prime Minister's opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened...: 首相的反对者认为她的权威已经受到致命削弱。

I looked at the list and felt my resolve weakening...: 我看着名单，觉得自己的决心正在动摇。

Jennie weakened, and finally relented...: 詹妮的态度有所缓和，最终软了下来。

Malnutrition obviously weakens the patient.: 营养不良明显导致病人身体虚弱。

A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall...: 一颗炸弹爆炸使后墙的一片砖发生了松动。

Never dry underwear over direct heat; it will weaken the fabric.: 不要直接加热烘干内衣，那样会损坏布料。

What would you say are your strengths and weaken es?: 你认为你的优点和缺点是什么 ?

This will tend to raise imports, worsen the trade balance, and weaken the domestic currency.: 这会增加进口, 使贸易差额恶化并使本国货币疲软.

You know that you're done for if you weaken before a fight, right?: 你知道如果决斗前身子虚弱就完蛋了, 对吧 ?

Links recording , transmitting , and receiving may strengthen or weaken the news value.: 在接收环节上,新闻价值形态转化为新闻的价值.

And they will weaken the state's grip over the lives of Cubans.: 而这会减弱国家对古巴人民的控制.

I think it's simply a matter of the attack being weaken.: 我看这根本就是因为进攻被削弱了的缘故.

Sensible policymakers are cautioning that the world economy could weaken again before It'strengthens.: 理智的决策者正发出警告,全球经济可能会再次下滑,然后才能走强.

He conceive of a strategy which can weaken the rival gradually.: 他想到了一个逐渐削弱对手的战略.

Prevent pigment deposition, whiten skin, circulate blocked pores and weaken yellow pigment, nutrients & moisture for skin.: 防止色素沉淀, 美白祛斑, 疏通毛孔,淡化黄色素.充分营养水份.