debilitating
用法要点
句型搭配
常用于描述疾病、状况或影响,作为形容词修饰名词,表示“使人衰弱的”或“削弱性的”。
介词用法
常与介词 on 或 to 连用,表示对某人或某物的衰弱影响,例如 debilitating on health 或 debilitating to morale。
语域说明
多用于正式或学术语境,如医学、心理学或经济讨论,描述严重削弱性影响,日常口语中较少使用。
基础例句
The flu left her with a debilitating headache that lasted for days.
流感让她头痛欲裂,持续了好几天。
He found the heatwave debilitating and could barely go outside.
他觉得热浪让人虚弱不堪,几乎无法出门。
After the accident, she experienced debilitating back pain.
事故后,她背部剧痛,行动困难。
高级例句
The study highlights the debilitating effects of long-term stress on cognitive function.
这项研究强调了长期压力对认知功能的衰弱性影响。
Economic sanctions can have a debilitating impact on a nation's healthcare system.
经济制裁可能对一个国家的医疗体系产生削弱性影响。
In clinical settings, debilitating symptoms often require multidisciplinary management.
在临床环境中,衰弱性症状通常需要多学科管理。
高频搭配
adjective
noun
verb
adverb
常见错误
错误在于介词使用不当;debilitating 常与 for 或 on 搭配表示影响对象,to 在此语境不自然,应改为 for 以更符合习惯表达。
错误在于词性混淆;debilitating 是形容词,描述事物性质,而这里需要过去分词 debilitated 作表语表示状态,意为“感到虚弱的”。
近义词辨析
weakening
weakening 更通用,指逐渐削弱力量或效果,程度较轻;debilitating 强调导致严重衰弱或无法正常功能,程度更重。
The medication had a weakening effect on his immune system, but the disease was debilitating and left him bedridden.
crippling
crippling 常指 physically disabling,如肢体残疾;debilitating 范围更广,可指身体、心理或系统性的衰弱,不一定涉及永久残疾。
The injury was crippling and required surgery, while the fatigue was debilitating but improved with rest.