weaken

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['wiːk(ə)n]
• 美式音标 [ˈwiː.kən]
• 国际音标 ['wi:kən]
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基本解释

• vt. 减少；使变弱；使变淡
• vi. 变弱；畏缩；变软弱

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  weak：[经]疲软的；虚弱的；无力的；不牢固的。

  weakly：虚弱的；软弱的。

• adv性质的同根词

  weakly：虚弱地；无力地；软弱地；有病地。

• n性质的同根词

  weakness：弱点；软弱；嗜好。

  weakener：减光板；削弱器。

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用法辨析

v. (动词)

• weaken可指生物体表明健康状况的官能效果丧失、体力衰弱,也可指物质或非物质的完整性、稳定性、强度、数量等方面减弱或丧失。引申可指“(使)犹豫”。
• weaken既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

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英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• His strength has weakened.
  他的体力下降了。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• The strain of the last few days has weakened her considerably.
  最近几天的劳累在很大程度上使她身体衰弱了。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• weaken sb 's heart 使某人的心脏衰弱
• weaken one 's tea 把茶冲淡

～+副词

• weaken basically 基本削弱
• weaken constitutionally 〔materially〕 体质变弱
• weaken painfully 痛苦地削弱
• weaken permanently 永久地削弱

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to (cause to) become less strong, powerful, determined, or effective

柯林斯英英字典

• If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful.
• If your resolve weakens or if something weakens it, you become less determined or less certain about taking a particular course of action that you had previously decided to take.
• If something weakens you, it causes you to lose some of your physical strength.
• If something weakens an object, it does something to it that causes it to become less firm and more likely to break.

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专业释义

经济学

• 弱化

  Enterprises alliance did not weaken competition, but make competition more vehemence.
  企业联盟没有弱化竞争，反而使竞争更加激烈。

  法学

• 弱化

  ‘Limited retrial’in the paper, the core of that is to weaken authority retrial startup model and strengthen the rights of parties to apply for a retrial.
  文中所指的“有限再审”,其核心在于弱化依职权启动再审模式,强化当事人申请再审的权利。

• 弱势化

环境科学技术

• 衰减