enfeebled

英 [ɪnˈfiːbld]

美 [ɪnˈfiːbld]

adj.  变得衰弱的; 羸弱的
v.  使衰弱; 使虚弱; 使无力
enfeeble的过去分词和过去式

过去式：enfeebled　

BNC.34918 / COCA.36950

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 变得衰弱的;羸弱的
  If someone or something isenfeebled, they have become very weak.
  1. He finds himself politically enfeebled.
     他发现自己的政治势力变得衰弱。
  2. ...the already enfeebled newspaper.
     那家已经式微的报纸

双语例句

• The answer is through a buoyant eurozone economy and higher wage growth and inflation in core economies than in the enfeebled periphery.
  答案就是向欧元区经济注入活力，使核心国家的工资增长率和通胀率高于疲弱的外围国家。
• The aim ostensibly is to protect Iraqi airspace and revive its enfeebled air force.
  此举的目的表面上是为了保护伊拉克领空，重振衰弱的空军。
• They inherited an enfeebled economy, suffocating from enormous wage settlements.
  他们继承了脆弱的经济机构，深受巨额工资欠账的拖累。
• Instead of being enfeebled by age, the Elder had been empowered by it; he could outfly any gull in the Flock, and he had learned skills that the others were only gradually coming to know.
  年龄并没使长者衰弱，反而使他更有力量了，他能比鸥群中任何一个都飞得快，他学会的本领，其他海鸥还只能一点一滴地慢慢理解呢。
• He finds himself politically enfeebled.
  他发现自己的政治势力变得衰弱。
• To many Westerners NATO looks pretty much an enfeebled alliance, a relic of the cold war.
  在许多西方人眼里，北约（nato）在很大程度上是一个虚弱无力的联盟，是冷战的遗物。
• That enabled it to use its financial resources to steal a march on enfeebled rivals a trend that has angered competitors, who accuse the bank of unusually aggressive tactics such as pulling credit lines and asking for collateral at the height of the crisis.
  这使得该银行能够动用其金融资源抢占先机，偷袭遭受重创的竞争对手这种做法激怒了竞争对手。他们指责摩根大通在危机最严峻时刻，采取取消信贷额度、要求提供抵押品等咄咄逼人的不寻常手段。
• Of the six butcheries in the county town of Hsiangtan, five are now closed and the remaining one slaughters only enfeebled or disabled animals.
  湘潭城内从前有六家牛肉店，现在倒了五家，剩下一家是杀病牛和废牛的。
• She is old. Her hands are now too enfeebled to even needlework or cooking. When she walks, she has to over along with a groping hand on the wall for support.
  妈妈老了，她的手已经拿不住针线，也不能做饭了，甚至走路时也要手扶墙壁。
• But now a weak president has returned America to its enfeebled state under Jimmy Carter, when US diplomats were taken hostage in Iran.
  但现在，一位软弱的总统又把美国带回到了类似吉米卡特（JimmyCarter）主政时那种虚弱无力的境地，那时有多名美国外交官在伊朗被劫持为人质。