en·er·vate /ˈɛnɚ/
(vt.)使衰弱(a.)衰弱的,無力的
en·er·vate /ˈɛnɝˌvet/ 及物動詞
E·ner·vate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay.
And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden.
Syn: -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
E·ner·vate a. Weakened; weak; without strength of force.
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enervate
v 1: weaken mentally or morally
2: disturb the composure of [syn: faze, unnerve, unsettle]