debilitated

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. 虛弱[正式] [usu passive]
Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus. 昨天因拉塞爾患有腸炎身體變得虛弱，斯圖爾特已經(jīng)接管了他的工作。
2. debilitatingADJ
...a debilitating illness. ...一種使人慢慢衰竭的疾病。
3. V-T To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. 逐步削弱[正式]
...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance. ... 他們努力去逐步削弱西方國家聯(lián)盟的政治意愿。
4. debilitatingADJ
...years of debilitating economic crisis. ... 多年逐步衰弱的經(jīng)濟危機。