1. 1

    To enervate someone is to make them feel tired and weak — to drain the strength out of them. Heavy heat, a long dull meeting, or a slow illness can enervate you. It is a formal, slightly old word; most people now say wear you out or drain you. Writers and some doctors still use it. There is a rare adjective use, enervate, meaning already weak, but the verb is the one you will meet. Though actually, this is a draining tiredness, not the healthy tiredness after sport. And it is the opposite of energize, even though the two look a little related on the page.

    使衰弱;使人疲憊無力(書面、正式)

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

    看看訂閱內容

組成From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō, “to weaken.”

同家族的字

  • enervatedthe -ed form, often used as an adjective
  • enervatingthe -ing form, often used as an adjective

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

enervateverb/ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/

  • 1

    To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.

    • After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.
  • 2

    To weaken morally or mentally.

  • 3

    medicinesciencesTo partially or completely remove a nerve.

enervateadj/ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/

  • 1

    Made feeble; weakened.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。