enervate
Word family adjectiveenervatingnounenervationverbenervateenerve
en·er·vate /ˈenəveɪt $ -ər-/ verb [transitiveT] formal MIWEAKto make you feel tired and weak 使感到虚弱 The hot sun enervated her to the point of collapse. 热辣辣的太阳把她晒得快要晕过去了。
—enervated adjectiveadj [not before noun] David felt too enervated to resist. 戴维感到太虚弱,无力反抗。
—enervating adjectiveadj
enervate• Or, maybe less tired than enervated.• Feeling at once enervated and threatened, the enterprise collectively hunkers into a defensive, self-protective posture.• He seems at first laconic and enervated, loathe to put a sentence together aloud.