debilitate

1. V-T If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. 虚弱[正式] [usu passive]

Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus. 昨天因拉塞尔患有肠炎身体变得虚弱，斯图尔特已经接管了他的工作。

2. debilitatingADJ

...a debilitating illness. ...一种使人慢慢衰竭的疾病。

3. V-T To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. 逐步削弱[正式]

...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance. ... 他们努力去逐步削弱西方国家联盟的政治意愿。

4. debilitatingADJ

...years of debilitating economic crisis. ... 多年逐步衰弱的经济危机。