enfeebling
present participle ofenfeeble
| 单词 | enfeebling |
| 释义 | enfeebling present participle ofenfeeble enfeeble verb[T] formaluk/ɪnˈfiː.bəl/us/ɪnˈfiː.bəl/to make someone or something veryweak Synonyms debilitateformal drain Becoming and making less strong
Examplesofenfeeblingenfeebling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In the process, each person would need to wage a struggle against one's family, repressive society, narrow preconceptions andenfeeblingideas. From theCambridge English Corpus There is a need to get to grips withenfeeblingbureaucracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That cut had nothing whatever to do with the subsequentenfeeblingof the financial basis of the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The learned societies, whether they be of lawyers, accountants, stockbrokers or what you will, cannot go on taking more and more out without weakening andenfeeblingsociety as a whole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But that operation undoubtedly was bothenfeeblingand very expensive; and clearly a man could not hope, after such an experience, to be as rich as. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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