weaken 音标拼音: [w'ikən]
vt . 削弱,减弱,使稀薄
vi . 变弱,变软弱
削弱,减弱,使稀薄变弱,变软弱
weaken v 1 :
lessen the strength of ; "
The fever weakened his body " [
ant :
{
beef up }, {
fortify }, {
strengthen }]
2 :
become weaker ; "
The prisoner '
s resistance weakened after seven days " [
ant : {
strengthen }]
3 :
destroy property or hinder normal operations ; "
The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war " [
synonym :
{
sabotage }, {
undermine }, {
countermine }, {
counteract },
{
subvert }, {
weaken }]
4 :
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of ; "
de -
escalate a crisis " [
synonym : {
de -
escalate }, {
weaken }, {
step down }] [
ant : {
escalate }, {
intensify }, {
step up }]
5 :
lessen in force or effect ; "
soften a shock "; "
break a fall "
[
synonym : {
dampen }, {
damp }, {
soften }, {
weaken }, {
break }]
Weaken \
Weak "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Weakened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Weakening }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To make weak ;
to lessen the strength of ;
to deprive of strength ;
to debilitate ;
to enfeeble ;
to enervate ;
as ,
to weaken the body or the mind ;
to weaken the hands of a magistrate ;
to weaken the force of an objection or an argument .
[
1913 Webster ]
Their hands shall be weakened from the work ,
that it be not done . --
Neh .
vi .
9 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To reduce in quality ,
strength ,
or spirit ;
as ,
to weaken tea ;
to weaken any solution or decoction .
[
1913 Webster ]
Weaken \
Weak "
en \,
v .
i .
To become weak or weaker ;
to lose strength ,
spirit ,
or determination ;
to become less positive or resolute ;
as ,
the patient weakened ;
the witness weakened on cross -
examination .
"
His notion weakens ,
his discernings are lethargied ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
220 Moby Thesaurus words for "
weaken ":
abate ,
afflict ,
aggravate ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
attenuate ,
bank the fire ,
bate ,
beat ,
blunt ,
break ,
bugger ,
burn out ,
cave in ,
chasten ,
collapse ,
come apart ,
come unstuck ,
conk out ,
constrain ,
control ,
cramp ,
cripple ,
crumble ,
cut ,
damage ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
de -
energize ,
deaden ,
debilitate ,
decline ,
dematerialize ,
derange ,
deteriorate ,
devitalize ,
dilapidate ,
dilute ,
diminish ,
disable ,
disedge ,
disembody ,
disenable ,
disintegrate ,
disorder ,
do in ,
do up ,
downplay ,
drain ,
draw the teeth ,
droop ,
drop ,
dull ,
dwindle ,
ease ,
emacerate ,
emaciate ,
emasculate ,
embitter ,
endamage ,
enervate ,
enfeeble ,
etherealize ,
eviscerate ,
exacerbate ,
exhaust ,
extenuate ,
fade ,
fag ,
fag out ,
fail ,
faint ,
fall short ,
fatigue ,
fizzle out ,
flag ,
frazzle ,
give out ,
give way ,
go downhill ,
go soft ,
go to pieces ,
gruel ,
hamstring ,
harass ,
harm ,
hit the skids ,
honeycomb ,
hors de combat ,
hospitalize ,
hurt ,
impair ,
inactivate ,
incapacitate ,
indispose ,
injure ,
invalid ,
irritate ,
jade ,
keep within bounds ,
kibosh ,
knock out ,
knock up ,
lame ,
languish ,
lay ,
lay low ,
lay up ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lighten ,
lose strength ,
maim ,
make worse ,
minimize ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modulate ,
obtund ,
overfatigue ,
overset ,
overstrain ,
overthrow ,
overtire ,
overturn ,
overweary ,
palliate ,
paralyze ,
peak ,
peg out ,
peter out ,
pine ,
play down ,
poop ,
poop out ,
prostrate ,
put ,
put back ,
queer ,
queer the works ,
rarefy ,
rattle ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
remit ,
repress ,
restrain ,
retund ,
run down ,
sabotage ,
sap ,
sap the foundations ,
shake ,
shake up ,
shrink ,
sicken ,
sink ,
slacken ,
slow down ,
smother ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soften ,
soften up ,
spike ,
spiritualize ,
stifle ,
subdue ,
subtilize ,
subvert ,
suppress ,
tame ,
temper ,
thin ,
thin away ,
thin down ,
thin out ,
throw down ,
throw over ,
tire ,
tire out ,
tire to death ,
tone down ,
tucker ,
tune down ,
turn ,
unbrace ,
undermine ,
underplay ,
unfit ,
unman ,
unnerve ,
unstrengthen ,
unstring ,
upend ,
upset ,
use up ,
wane ,
waste ,
waste away ,
water ,
water down ,
wear ,
wear away ,
wear down ,
wear on ,
wear out ,
wear thin ,
weary ,
wilt ,
wind ,
wing ,
wither ,
wither away ,
worsen ,
wreck ,
yield
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