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a debilitating + noun
常修饰 illness、disease、pain 等表示负面健康状况的名词。
She suffers from a debilitating condition.
她患有一种使人衰弱的疾病。
使人衰弱的；令人虚弱的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
使人衰弱的；令人虚弱的
Causing a loss of energy or strength.
She suffers from a debilitating condition.
她患有一种使人衰弱的疾病。
导致能量或力量丧失的；使人衰弱的
Causing a loss of energy or strength.
The debilitating disease left him unable to work for months.
这种使人虚弱的疾病让他好几个月无法工作。
She suffered from a debilitating fear of public speaking.
她患有使人虚弱的公开演讲恐惧症。
The heatwave had a debilitating effect on the elderly population.
热浪对老年人口产生了使人虚弱的影响。
常修饰 illness、disease、pain 等表示负面健康状况的名词。
She suffers from a debilitating condition.
她患有一种使人衰弱的疾病。
也可说 be debilitating to sb。
Lack of sleep is debilitating for new parents.
睡眠不足让新手父母感到非常虚弱。
find 后接宾语和形容词补足语，表示“觉得……令人虚弱”。
Many cancer patients find chemotherapy debilitating.
许多癌症患者觉得化疗使人虚弱。
Not this
This illness is more debilitating as I expected.
Use this
This illness is more debilitating than I expected.
more + 形容词比较级后接 than 引导比较对象；as 只用于 as...as 同级比较。改成 than 才能表达“比我想象的更使人衰弱”。
Not this
This disease is very much debilitating.
Use this
This disease is very debilitating.
very much 常修饰动词或过去分词，不修饰以 -ing 结尾的形容词；表示“非常”时用 very + 形容词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使人衰弱的疾病
He suffered from a debilitating disease for years.
他多年来患有使人衰弱的疾病。
令人虚弱的疼痛
The chronic condition causes debilitating pain.
这种慢性病会引起令人虚弱的疼痛。
使人衰弱的影响
Stress can have a debilitating effect on health.
压力会对健康产生使人衰弱的影响。
使人无力的焦虑
She was unable to work because of her debilitating anxiety.
她因使人无力的焦虑而无法工作。
使人失去行动能力的伤病
The athlete's career ended after a debilitating injury.
这位运动员的职业生涯在一次使人失去行动能力的伤病后结束了。
Use debilitating naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
谐音联想：“地必力”——地上的人必失力气，所以是令人衰弱的。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical reports、formal writing 「debilitating」多用于医学或正式书面语，常形容疾病、疼痛等使人虚弱无力；日常口语中较少使用，通常可用 weakening 或 exhausting 代替。
通常用作定语或表语
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