【突破英文词汇】有关weakness“虚弱”的词汇

1. infirmity /ɪn'fɜ:mətɪ/ n. 虚弱

   --weakness; feebleness; frailty²

On leaving the hospital, the patient felt almost too weak to walk, but he soon overcame this infirmity.

离开医院时，病人感到虚弱得几乎走不动，但他很快就克服了虚弱。

2. debilitate³ /dɪ'bɪlɪteɪt/ vt. 使虚弱

    --impair the strength of; enfeeble; weaken

The patient had been so debilitated⁴ by the fever that he lacked the strength to sit up.

这病人因发烧而一直很虚弱，以至于连坐起来的力气都没有。

3. enervate⁵ /'enəveɪt/ vt. 使无力

    --lessen the vigor⁶ or strength of; weaken; enfeeble

Enervated⁷ by the heat, we rested under a shady tree until our strength was restored.

热得没力时我们坐在一棵阴凉的树下休息，直到力气恢复了为止。

4. incapacitate /ˌɪnkə'pæsɪteɪt/ vt. 使不能

    --render incapable⁸ or unfit

Ruth will be absent today. She is incapacitated by a sore throat.

露丝今天将缺席，喉咙痛使她不能出席。

5. decadent⁹ /ˈdekədənt/ adj. 衰落的

    --marked by decay or decline; falling off; declining; deteriorating¹⁰

When industry moves away, a flourishing town may quickly become decadent.

工业迁走时，一个繁荣的城镇很快就会衰落。

6. decrepit¹¹ /dɪˈkrepɪt/ adj. 老朽的

    --broken down or weakened by old age or use; worn out

Bill rode past the street on a horse that looked decrepit and about to collapse¹².

比尔骑着一匹看上去快倒了的老马从街上经过。

7. dilapidated /dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd/ adj. 荒废的

    --falling to pieces; decayed; partly ruined or decayed through neglect

Up the road was an abandoned farmhouse¹³, partially¹⁴ in ruins and near it was a barn, even more dilapidated.

沿那条路走下去，有一间部分毁坏的废弃农舍，农舍附近有一个谷仓，荒废得更厉害。

8. flimsy /'flɪmzɪ/ adj. 薄弱的

    --lacking strength or solidity; frail¹; unsubstantial

Judy understands algebra¹⁵ well but I have only a flimsy grasp of the subject.

朱迪精通代数，但我对这科目却掌握得不好。

9. frail /freil/ adj. 虚弱的

    --not very strong; weak; fragile

To be an astronaut, you muat be in robust¹⁶ health. It is not an occupation for a frail person.

当宇航员必须身体强壮，身体虚弱的人不适合从事这个工作。

1 frail   

adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的

参考例句：

• Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。

2 frailty   

n.脆弱；意志薄弱

参考例句：

• Despite increasing physical frailty,he continued to write stories.尽管身体越来越虛弱，他仍然继续写小说。
• He paused and suddenly all the frailty and fatigue showed.他顿住了，虚弱与疲惫一下子显露出来。

3 debilitate   

v. 使衰弱

参考例句：

• 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。
• Their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance came to nought.他们试图削弱西方联盟的政治决心的努力结果等于零。

4 debilitated   

adj.疲惫不堪的，操劳过度的v.使（人或人的身体）非常虚弱( debilitate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry. 长时间的罢工削弱了这个行业的活力。
• This is especially important when dealing with the geriatric or debilitated patient. 这对老年和虚弱病人尤其重要。 来自互联网

5 enervate   

v.使虚弱，使无力

参考例句：

• A hot climate enervate people who are not used to it.热的气候使不习惯于热的人衰弱无力。
• Bessie was the kind of girl that could enhance your performance as easily as she could enervate it.贝西能轻而易举地提高你的比赛成绩，同样也能轻而易举地使你无力回天。

6 vigor   

n.活力，精力，元气

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在，她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。

7 enervated   

adj.衰弱的，无力的v.使衰弱，使失去活力( enervate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was enervated from dissipation. 她由于生活放荡不羁而气虚体亏。 来自辞典例句
• The long march in the sun enervated the soldiers. 在太阳下长途的行军，使士兵们渐失精力。 来自互联网

8 incapable   

adj.无能力的，不能做某事的

参考例句：

• He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事。
• Computers are incapable of creative thought.计算机不会创造性地思维。

9 decadent   

adj.颓废的，衰落的，堕落的

参考例句：

• Don't let decadent ideas eat into yourselves.别让颓废的思想侵蚀你们。
• This song was once banned, because it was regarded as decadent.这首歌曾经被认定为是靡靡之音而被禁止播放。

10 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

11 decrepit   

adj.衰老的，破旧的

参考例句：

• The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
• A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。

12 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

13 farmhouse   

n.农场住宅（尤指主要住房）

参考例句：

• We fell for the farmhouse as soon as we saw it.我们对那所农舍一见倾心。
• We put up for the night at a farmhouse.我们在一间农舍投宿了一夜。

14 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

15 algebra   

n.代数学

参考例句：

• He was not good at algebra in middle school.他中学时不擅长代数。
• The boy can't figure out the algebra problems.这个男孩做不出这道代数题。

16 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。