debilitate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they debilitate | |
| he / she / it debilitates | |
| past simple debilitated | |
| past participle debilitated | |
| -ing form debilitating |
- debilitate somebody/something
to make somebody’s body or mind weaker 使身心衰弱；使衰竭；使虛弱 The troops were severely debilitated by hunger and disease. 饑餓和疾病使部隊元氣大傷。
- debilitate something
to make a country, an organization, etc. weaker 削弱（國家、機構等）的力量；使軟弱無力
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin debilitat- ‘weakened’, from the verb debilitare, from debilitas, from debilis ‘weak’.