enervate

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en·er·vate /ˈenəveɪt $ -ər-/ verb [transitive] formal  MIWEAKto make you feel tired and weak 使感到虚弱 The hot sun enervated her to the point of collapse. 热辣辣的太阳把她晒得快要晕过去了。 —enervated adjective [not before noun] David felt too enervated to resist. 戴维感到太虚弱，无力反抗。 —enervating adjective→ See Verb table

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enervate• Or, maybe less tired than enervated.• Feeling at once enervated and threatened, the enterprise collectively hunkers into a defensive, self-protective posture.• He seems at first laconic and enervated, loathe to put a sentence together aloud.

en·er·vate verbChineseSyllable  

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enervate
en‧er‧vate /ˈenəveɪt $ -ər-/ verb [transitive] formal
to make you feel tired and weak:
    The hot sun enervated her to the point of collapse.
—enervated adjective [not before noun]:
    David felt too enervated to resist.
—enervating adjective

ener·vateBrE /ˈenəveɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈenərveɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they enervate BrE /ˈenəveɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈenərveɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it enervates BrE /ˈenəveɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈenərveɪts/ 🔊past simple enervated BrE /ˈenəveɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈenərveɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle enervated BrE /ˈenəveɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈenərveɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form enervating BrE /ˈenəveɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈenərveɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb (formal) to make sb feel weak and tired 使感到衰弱（或虚弱、无力）◆an enervating disease/climate使人衰弱的疾病；使人感到乏力的气候▸ en·er·va·tion BrE /ˌenəˈveɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌenərˈveɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]