weakens

英 [ˈwiːkənz] 美 [ˈwiːkənz]

v.  (使)虚弱，衰弱; 减弱; 削弱; 使(肯定程度)减弱; 动摇; 犹豫
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  1. V-ERG 削弱;减弱
    If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful.
    1. The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive...
      经济衰退使许多公司实力大损，不少难以为继。
    2. The Prime Minister's opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened...
      首相的反对者认为她的权威已经受到致命削弱。
    3. Family structures are weakening and breaking up.
      家庭结构在动摇，进而分崩离析。
  2. V-ERG (使)(决心)动摇
    If your resolve weakens or if something weakens it, you become less determined or less certain about taking a particular course of action that you had previously decided to take.
    1. I looked at the list and felt my resolve weakening...
      我看着名单，觉得自己的决心正在动摇。
    2. Jennie weakened, and finally relented...
      詹妮的态度有所缓和，最终软了下来。
    3. The verdict hasn't weakened his resolve to fight the charges against him.
      判决没有动摇他洗清对自己的指控的决心。
  3. VERB 使虚弱;使无力
    If something weakens you, it causes you to lose some of your physical strength.
    1. Malnutrition obviously weakens the patient.
      营养不良明显导致病人身体虚弱。
  4. VERB 使松动;使损坏
    If something weakens an object, it does something to it which causes it to become less firm and more likely to break.
    1. A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall...
      一颗***爆炸使后墙的一片砖发生了松动。
    2. Never dry underwear over direct heat; it will weaken the fabric.
      不要直接加热烘干内衣，那样会损坏布料。
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双语例句

  1. Malnutrition obviously weakens the patient.
    营养不良明显导致病人身体虚弱。
  2. The accent weakens here.
    重音在这里弱化。
  3. Weaker demand across several emerging markets, including China, also weakens the outlook for German exporters.
    包括中国在内，多个新兴市场的需求降低，这也削弱了德国出口商的前景。
  4. Space radiation kills us; weightlessness weakens us; isolation makes us melancholy.
    太空的辐射能让我们失去生命，失重的环境让我们身体虚弱，与世隔绝的状态让我们感到忧郁。
  5. However, recent disquieting studies in animals indicate that obesity weakens that barrier, leaving it leaky and permeable.
    然而，近期的动物研究结果却十分令人不安。这些研究表明，肥胖可削弱血-脑屏障，使它变得具有泄漏性和渗透性。
  6. Scar tissue, made of collagen, doesn't generate force and thus weakens the muscle.
    由胶原质组成的瘢痕组织不产生力量，因此对肌肉起到削弱作用。
  7. Because news disrupts concentration, it weakens comprehension.
    新闻打断注意力，从而弱化了理解力。
  8. As an object gets away from the earth, the strength of the pull weakens.
    当一个物体离开地球时，地球引力的强度就减弱。
  9. Global Support; 10 MP; Strengthens Fire, weakens Water.
    全体支援；10MP；加强火属性，削弱水属性。
  10. This fear could easily be self-fulfilling, because it weakens confidence and further undermines the case for additional stimulus.
    这种担心很容易自我实现，因为它会打击信心，进而削弱政府出台新刺激政策的理由。
  11. Such alcoholic cardiomyopathy weakens the heart so that it is unable to pump blood adequately.
    这种酒精性心肌病削弱了心，所以，这是无法泵出充分的血液。
  12. As the current weakens, the magnetic field on the earth's surface rebounds.
    当环电流减弱，地表的磁场强度就开始反弹。
  13. It is a corrosive which weakens the organization and its fighting capacity.
    这是一种削弱组织、削弱战斗力的销蚀剂。
  14. ( psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it.
    （心理学）强化或弱化制造它的行为的刺激。
  15. As their attachment to Judaism weakens, so does their commitment to Israel.
    随着人们和犹太教的关联减弱，他们对以色列的关注也会减少。
  16. It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communicating.
    并由于减少和取消正常的谈话或交流而削弱了人际关系。
  17. You should care for others'feelings but in a positive way, not in a way which weakens you.
    你应该关心别人的感受，但是是从积极的方面，而不是一个另你削弱的方面。
  18. Austerity further weakens both economies and banks.
    紧缩措施使经济和银行进一步疲软。
  19. If a cap and trade proposal weakens our ability to make strong laws, it's a distraction.
    如果总量管制和交易制度削弱我们制定强力法律的能力，那麽它就是种障眼法。
  20. There are studies that show prolonged exposure to this energy weakens and drains the immune system.
    有研究表明，长期接触这种能量的免疫系统衰弱和水渠。
  21. Whatever weakens them, strengthens you.
    不管他们怎么变弱，你得使自己变强。
  22. Widespread absolute poverty can undermine a state's capacity to maintain order, while acute inequality weakens social cohesion.
    普遍存在的绝对贫困会削弱一个国家维护秩序的能力，而严重的不平等会降低社会凝聚力。
  23. It weakens their perceived commitments to price stability, while stoking their own inflation.
    这削弱了它们对于物价稳定的既有承诺，同时助长了自身的通胀。
  24. If the immune system weakens at any point, they begin to spread and then attack.
    如果在某个时候免疫力下降了，它们开始扩散并发作。
  25. This weakens the case against breaking them up into several smaller ones with the same correlated risks.
    这削弱了关于将其拆分为几家较小的、具有相同关联风险之银行一说的力度。
  26. The outflow weakens the dollar.
    资金外流削弱了美元。
  27. The transformation weakens the integral strength and academic base of discipline of humanity.
    这一转变大大削弱了人文学科的整体实力和学术基础。
  28. Nothing stops or weakens these signals.
    没有什么能够阻止或减弱这些信号。
  29. The new evidence weakens the case against her.
    新的证据减轻了对她的诉讼。
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