enervate

• vt. 使衰弱；使失去活力
• adj. 衰弱的；無力的

e-, 向外。-nerv, 神經，勇氣，詞源同nerve, nervous。

enervate (v.)

c. 1600, "deprive of force or strength," from Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare "to weaken" (see enervation). Literal sense of "to weaken, impair" in English is from 1610s. Related: Ennervated; ennervating. As a verb Middle English had enerve (c. 1400, eneruyd).

1. Soft living will enervate the leaders, and those under their command will be changed into beasts.

舒適的生命會弱化領導者, 在他們命令之下的會變成了獸.

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