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enervate

英 ['enəveɪt] 美['ɛnɚvet]
  • vt. 使衰弱;使失去活力
  • adj. 衰弱的;无力的

GRE畅通词汇

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;

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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