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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)
組成From Latin ēnervātus, past participle of ēnervō, “to weaken.”
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- 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/
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To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
- After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.
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To weaken morally or mentally.
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medicinesciencesTo partially or completely remove a nerve.
enervateadj/ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/
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Made feeble; weakened.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。