听声词典

weaken

W 开头单词

音标发音

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

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。

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。

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。

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

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.

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