debilitated [
di'biliˌteitid]
a. 疲惫不堪的, 操劳过度的
debilitated[ adj ]
lacking strength or vigor
<adj.all>
Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of
debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.]
To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to
debilitate the body by intemperance.
Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns.
The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by
this last effort. --Sir W.
Scott.
debilitated \debilitated\ adj.
1. lacking strength or vigor; weakened.
Syn: adynamic, asthenic, enervated.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. weakened due to illness.
Syn: enfeebled, infirm, seedy.
[WordNet 1.5]
- Former president Virgilio Barco left office saying the cartel had been "severely debilitated." Peace talks between the government and armed groups - both on the left and right - appeared to be bearing fruit.
- "Patients who have had AIDS longer or who are more debilitated may be more susceptible to the toxic effects of AZT," Dr. Richman wrote in one of the reports.
- He was debilitated by chemotherapy until he got relief from the drug, which his parents had to obtain illegally.
- The anger is understandable enough, for the already debilitated Reagan presidency will now suffer the death of a thousand snickers.
- Starvation diets are commonly resorted to in treating chronic illness, with the unintended result of weakening an already debilitated patient.
- Europe may be witnessing the death throes of a practice that many believe has debilitated its industry for decades.
- The strikers forced the conservative government to back down on a key part of its plan to return Nicaragua, debilitated by the Reagan administration's economic embargo, to a free-market economy: the return of lands confiscated in the 1979 revolution.
- When Iran held our hostages we were debilitated not so much by the arduous passage of time as by the days and weeks that passed during which absolutely nothing was done.
- But kidney-disease victims, who will remain debilitated while the government and the manufacturer spend many months re-proving what they already know, are certainly justified in asking the FDA: Why aren't we allowed on that fast track, too?
- Many are old and debilitated with other diseases.
- The people in the valley were lethargic and debilitated by malaria.