英语词汇“enervate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To enervate is to weaken, wear down, or even bum out. A three-hour lecture on the history of socks might thrill someone, it would enervate most people. So would a too-long soak in a hot tub. With your parents.

Trace enervate back far enough and you'll discover that it comes from the Latin enervare which means basically “to cut the sinew” or “to cause to be cut from the muscle.” That would certainly weaken someone. These days, there’s no need for violence. To enervate someone is to sap their energy, like by reading your ex all the love letters your new sweetheart wrote you. When something enervates you, it does more than get on your nerves; it brings you down.

WORD FAMILY

enervate: enervated, enervates, enervating, enervation+/enervating: enervatingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

“You need ‘The 25th Hour’,” he told an enervated university student, referring to a novel by Mr. Benioff.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 18, 2016)

When the Dust Bowl smothered Oklahoma, the Joads were not enervated, they moved west in search of work.

Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016)

These and other incidents in a long and enervating season have prompted Bradshaw to step up efforts to deal with tanking.

New York Times(Nov 19, 2016)

1v weaken mentally or morally

Hyper

weaken

lessen the strength of

2v disturb the composure of

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

faze, unnerve, unsettle

unman

cause to lose one's nerve

discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset

cause to lose one's composure

单词	enervate
释义	enervate (once / 3523 pages) v To enervate is to weaken, wear down, or even bum out. A three-hour lecture on the history of socks might thrill someone, it would enervate most people. So would a too-long soak in a hot tub. With your parents. Trace enervate back far enough and you'll discover that it comes from the Latin enervare which means basically “to cut the sinew” or “to cause to be cut from the muscle.” That would certainly weaken someone. These days, there’s no need for violence. To enervate someone is to sap their energy, like by reading your ex all the love letters your new sweetheart wrote you. When something enervates you, it does more than get on your nerves; it brings you down. WORD FAMILY enervate: enervated, enervates, enervating, enervation+/enervating: enervatingly USAGE EXAMPLES “You need ‘The 25th Hour’,” he told an enervated university student, referring to a novel by Mr. Benioff. Wall Street Journal(Dec 18, 2016) When the Dust Bowl smothered Oklahoma, the Joads were not enervated, they moved west in search of work. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) These and other incidents in a long and enervating season have prompted Bradshaw to step up efforts to deal with tanking. New York Times(Nov 19, 2016) 1v weaken mentally or morally Hyper weaken lessen the strength of 2v disturb the composure of Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper faze, unnerve, unsettle unman cause to lose one's nerve discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to lose one's composure
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