debilitate
/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/verb
with obj.［often as adj. debilitating］
1- make (someone) very weak and infirm使…虚弱（或不坚定）：
a debilitating disease
使人虚弱的疾病
as adj. debilitated a debilitated patient.虚弱的病人。
1.1
- hinder, delay, or weaken阻碍, 延迟, 削弱：
the debilitating effects of underinvestment.
投资不足造成的阻碍影响。
派生词
debilitatingly
adverbdebilitation
noundebilitative
adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin debilitat- 'weakened', from the verb debilitare, from debilitas （see DEBILITY）.