enervating

英 [ˈenəveɪtɪŋ] 美 [ˈenərveɪtɪŋ]

adj.  令人感到乏力的; 使人虚弱无力的; 使人无精打采的
v.  使感到衰弱(或虚弱、无力)
enervate的现在分词

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柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 令人感到乏力的;使人虚弱无力的;使人无精打采的
    Something that is enervating makes you feel tired and weak.
    1. Life was hard and enervating.
      人生艰难,令人委顿。

双语例句

  1. Life was hard and enervating.
    人生艰难,令人委顿。
  2. The air of the place, so fresh in the spring and early summer, was stagnant and enervating now.
    这个地方的空气,在春天和初夏都非常清新,而现在却变得呆滞和使人困倦了。
  3. In augoust, New York often has hot, humid and enervating weather.
    八月,纽约天气常常又热又潮湿,使人无精打采。
  4. The folds of her scarlet silk gown gave off the enervating smell of poppies.
    (女用肥大的)长袍.她那件大红绸袍的衣褶里发出销魂蚀骨的罂粟花香。
  5. As India grabs its piece of the action, other nations of all stripes have gone along for a most dynamic and exhilarating but at times also enervating ride.
    就在印度抢得一杯羹的同时,各类其他国家也搭上了这波活力四射、令人振奋,但有时也萎靡不振的发展周期。
  6. I think of Napoleon at St. Helena, and of Byron growing morose and fat in the enervating climate of Italy.
    我想到了圣·海伦那岛上的拿破仑,想到了拜伦在令人感到懒洋洋的意大利气候中变得乖戾和臃肿。
  7. The production of the play was enervating rather than inspiring.
    戏剧演出让人感到无精打采,而不是令人振奋。
  8. The downside: The city is still unaffordable for many, and the less-pricey suburbs can impose enervating commutes.
    不利方面:对许多人来说生活成本仍然太高,郊区房价虽然没那么贵,但上下班很累。
  9. To escape years of enervating weakness the eurozone needs not just a shot in the arm but a long course of treatment.
    要摆脱多年令人萎靡不振的疲弱,欧元区需要的不只是一剂强心针,而是一段长期的疗程。
  10. After the operation she had been enervating for several hours.
    手术后她已经虚弱几个小时了。
  11. That is certainly true of America today as it struggles to cope with economic stagnation, enervating foreign wars and waning self-confidence.
    这的确是今日美国实景,为应对经济停滞、外战乏力、自信渐失,美国苦苦挣扎。

英英释义

adj

  1. causing debilitation

      Synonym:    debilitativeenfeeblingweakening