enervate
GRE畅通词汇
英 ['enəveɪt]
美['ɛnɚvet]
释义
vt. 使衰弱；使失去活力
adj. 衰弱的；无力的
词态变化
第三人称单数: enervates;过去式: enervated;过去分词: enervated;现在分词: enervating;名词: enervation;
近义词
中文词源
enervate 使衰弱e-, 向外。-nerv, 神经，勇气，词源同nerve, nervous。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. Soft living will enervate the leaders, and those under their command will be changed into beasts.
- 舒适的生命会弱化领导者, 在他们命令之下的会变成了兽.
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英英释意
- 1. weaken mentally or morally
- 2. disturb the composure of
实用场景例句
- Soft living will enervate the leaders, and those under their command will be changed into beasts.
- 舒适的生命会弱化领导者, 在他们命令之下的会变成了兽.
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