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

COCA.43427

柯林斯词典

• 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 isenervatingmakes you feel tired and weak.
  1. Life was hard and enervating.
     人生艰难，令人委顿。

英英释义

adj

• causing debilitation
  Synonym:debilitativeenfeeblingweakening

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• After the operation she had been enervating for several hours.
  手术后她已经虚弱几个小时了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。