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enervating

US // (ˈɛnəˌveɪtɪŋ) //

使人窒息的,使人窒息,紧张的,使人沮丧的

Related Words

paralyze瘫痪,麻痹,痪,痹exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风devitalize振兴,贬损,贬值,泯灭生命力debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化jade玉石,玉器,玉,玉树临风unnerve惊慌失措,惊吓,使人不安,惊恐万状incapacitate瘫痪,削弱能力,削弱,削弱其能力weary疲惫,疲惫不堪,疲倦,疲乏enfeeble衰弱,衰弱的,削弱,减弱disable禁用,停用,丧失功能,停用功能fatigue疲劳,疲劳症,疲惫,疲倦vitiate废止,使之无效,使之失效,使之丧失活力sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending to deprive of strength or vitality; physically or mentally weakening; debilitating

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtire, wear out
Synonyms
debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化devitalize振兴,贬损,贬值,泯灭生命力disable禁用,停用,丧失功能,停用功能enfeeble衰弱,衰弱的,削弱,减弱exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风fatigue疲劳,疲劳症,疲惫,疲倦incapacitate瘫痪,削弱能力,削弱,削弱其能力jade玉石,玉器,玉,玉树临风paralyze瘫痪,麻痹,痪,痹sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂unnerve惊慌失措,惊吓,使人不安,惊恐万状vitiate废止,使之无效,使之失效,使之丧失活力weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了weary疲惫,疲惫不堪,疲倦,疲乏

Examples

  • Come 6:30, the long, enervating adventure was gaveled close, at last setting everyone free.

  • But the slog to November 6th has been dispiriting and enervating enough to put many of us in touch with our inner 4-year-old.

  • In fact, virtually all Japanese are afflicted by this bizarre and highly enervating condition.

  • The regular tolling of the gong, calling to toil or meals, accentuates the enervating routine.

  • “A useful phrase at times, of the nature of a tonic, amidst our enervating civilisation,” she reflected.

  • They were not then living in the enervating air of London, and they looked extremely robust.

  • Drive, drive, drive,—in a fading community dozing in the enervating aroma of decaying days: no wonder he succeeded so well!

  • From the first, it was a protest against materialism, luxury, and enervating pleasures.

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