单词 | weakening |
释义 | weakening (once / 1938 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY weakening: weakenings+/weak: weaken, weaker, weakest, weakly, weakness/weaken: weakened, weakener, weakening, weakens/weakener: weakeners/weakly: weaklier, weakliest/weakness: weaknesses USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the Western campaign to isolate Moscow for its aggressiveness is weakening. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) It’s called Takotsubo syndrome, when a sudden flood of stress hormones causes a temporary weakening of the heart muscle. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Perhaps just as important, the old warlord’s sway over hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks in the north may be weakening. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1n the act of reducing the strength of something Ant|Hypo|Hyper strengthening the act of increasing the strength of something wilt, wilting causing to become limp or drooping dilutionweakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner etiolationthe act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something cutting, thinningthe act of diluting something decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something 2n becoming weaker Ant|Hypo|Hyper strengthening becoming stronger debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion serious weakening and loss of energy atrophy, witheringany weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) attenuation, fadingweakening in force or intensity downfall, falla sudden decline in strength or number or importance loosening, relaxation, slackeningan occurrence of control or strength weakening anticlimaxa disappointing decline after a previous rise thawa relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile shift, transformation, transmutation a qualitative change 3adj causing debilitation Syn debilitative, enervating, enfeebling debilitating impairing the strength and vitality 4adj moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker Syn moderating lessening in intensity or strength |
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