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debilitation

/dih-bil-i-teyt/US // dɪˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt //UK // (dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt) //

衰弱,衰竭,减弱,虚弱

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·bil·i·tat·ed, de·bil·i·tat·ing.

    • : to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.

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Examples

  • Steve Levitt talks to Kwon about his debilitating childhood anxieties, his compulsion to choose the hardest path in life, and how Kwon used his obsession with game theory to stage a come-from-behind victory on Survivor.

  • I’ve taken medication and worked with a therapist for debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I’m not sure if I’d be writing this article if I hadn’t.

  • In fact, the psychological mess I was in began to cause a real physical debilitation.

  • Inherited debilitation and defect are further aggravated by present-day educational methods.

  • But though bodily strength might be subdued, no mental debilitation seemed the consequence.

  • Our physique fell away, and those already reduced to weakness suffered still further debilitation.

  • The infestations observed in five-lined skinks were not sufficiently severe to cause debilitation or any noticeable symptoms.

  • Contraries, when near and militant, will be troublesome to each other, and seek each other's destruction or debilitation.