enervate
英 [ˈen.ə.veɪt]
美 [ˈen.ɚ.veɪt]
- vt. 使衰弱;使失去活力
- adj. 衰弱的;无力的
记忆单词“enervate”的方法是联想其词根“ener”(能量),然后想象一个人或物体因为失去了能量而变得无力和衰弱。将“ener”与“vate”(动词后缀,意味着“使...”)结合,可以想象成能量被移除或消耗的过程,即“使...失去能量”或“使...衰弱”。通过这种视觉化联想,可以帮助记忆“enervate”表示使某人或某物失去活力的意思。
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enervate 使衰弱e-, 向外。-nerv, 神经,勇气,词源同nerve, nervous。
- enervate (v.)
- c. 1600, "deprive of force or strength," from Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare "to weaken" (see enervation). Literal sense of "to weaken, impair" in English is from 1610s. Related: Ennervated; ennervating. As a verb Middle English had enerve (c. 1400, eneruyd).
- 1. Soft living will enervate the leaders, and those under their command will be changed into beasts.
- 舒适的生命会弱化领导者, 在他们命令之下的会变成了兽.