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enervation

/verb en-er-veyt; adjective ih-nur-vit/US // verb ˈɛn ərˌveɪt; adjective ɪˈnɜr vɪt //

保养,保育,保存,保留

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    en·er·vat·ed, en·er·vat·ing.

    • : to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : enervated.

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Examples

  • I am feverish, horribly feverish, or rather I am in a state of feverish enervation, which makes my mind suffer as much as my body.

  • Of the voluptuous enervation that comes of such an hour he neither knew nor asked to know.

  • This increased use of oxygen means healthy stimulation, growth of lung capacity, and exaltation of spirit without enervation.

  • Even illness, with its resulting weakness and enervation, forced nothing from her.

  • The feminine trick was pardoned to her because her unaccustomed betrayal of that form of enervation was desired.

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