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enfeebled

/en-fee-buhl/US // ɛnˈfi bəl //UK // (ɪnˈfiːbəl) //

衰弱的,衰弱,衰败的,衰竭的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    en·fee·bled, en·fee·bling.

    • : to make feeble; weaken: That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him.

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Examples

  • But by not bothering to run anyone, state Democratic parties remain enfeebled.

  • Nor does it make any sense for Saudi Arabia to turn to an enfeebled Europe, and the Saudis also know this all too well.

  • It has liberated the master as well as the slave from a relation which wronged and enfeebled both.

  • The invasion of chaotic, enfeebled Haiti was a short-term success.

  • The Middle East has a long history of strong nations fighting proxy wars on the territory of enfeebled ones.

  • A quick vision of death smote her soul, and for a second of time appalled and enfeebled her senses.

  • Old people declared that he reminded them of Hauge in his earlier days, before he had been enfeebled by persecution.

  • Vessels carrying his servants and baggage were dispersed by a storm, and the rough weather told upon his enfeebled frame.

  • His wife sorrowed over this new passion; her health, already much enfeebled, soon broke down.

  • I give th' old an' enfeebled English gintleman that carried me satchel a piece iv silver.