debilitate

verb

1. （使身心）衰弱，衰竭，虚弱
   to make sb's body or mind weaker
   1. a debilitating disease
      使人虚弱的疾病
2. 削弱（国家、机构）的力量；使软弱无力
   to make a country, an organization, etc. weaker
   1. Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry.
      长时间的罢工削弱了这个行业的活力。

1. VERB 使虚弱;使衰弱
   If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
   1. Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.
      昨天拉塞尔因肠胃病毒感染身体不适，由斯图尔特暂时接手。
2. VERB 削弱（组织、社团或政府）的力量
   To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker.
   1. ...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance.
      他们试图削弱西方联盟的政治决心的努力

1. Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.
   昨天拉塞尔因肠胃病毒感染身体不适，由斯图尔特暂时接手。
2. The key is to not let it debilitate you. Recognizing your fears will not make them come true.
   关键在于不要让恐惧影响到你。
3. Laboratory tests show that secretions from the bodies of these millipedes are rich in two chemicals that are potent mosquito repellents, and mosquitoes carry parasites that debilitate capuchins.
   化验结果显示，从这些千足虫的尸体分泌物富含这两种化学物质有强大的蚊怕水，和蚊子携带寄生虫，减弱卷尾猴。
4. These diseases blind, maim, disfigure, debilitate, and disable.
   这些疾病会使人失明、残疾、毁容、虚弱和丧失能力。
5. Schistosomiasis is one of the most important zoonoses in the world, and severely debilitate people and animal's health.
   血吸虫病是一种重要的人畜共患病，在世界范围内广泛分布，严重威胁着人们的健康。
6. Pakistani strategists are deeply concerned that Indo-US civil nuclear deal would feed supernumerary Uranium to Indian nuclear weapon program and debilitate the existing deterrence.
   而印美民用核交易将会为印度的核武器项目提供额外的铀原料，这会削弱南亚现存的威慑力，巴基斯坦的战略家对此深表担忧。

verb

1. make weak
   1. Life in the camp drained him

   Synonym:    enfeebledrain