debilitatingKK [dəˋbɪləˏtetɪŋ] /dəˈbɪləˌteɪtɪŋ/形容詞1使人虛弱的、使人衰弱的She suffers from debilitating back pain that keeps her in bed.她受背痛所苦,痛得只能躺在床上。2令人難以承受的、使人失去能力的His debilitating fear of flying has ruined several family vacations.他對搭飛機有嚴重的恐懼,已經毀了好幾次家族旅遊。3削弱的、造成重大打擊的The strike had a debilitating effect on the country's exports.這場罷工對該國的出口造成重大打擊。動詞1使虛弱、使衰弱debilitate 的現在分詞Months of poor nutrition were slowly debilitating the young patient.長達數月的營養不良正逐漸使這名年輕病人虛弱下去。