[with obj.]cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality 使无力,使失去活力
adjective
(poetic/literary)lacking in energy or vitality (诗/文)萎靡不振的,没精打采的 the enervate slightness of his frail form. 他那没精打采的纤弱身架。
派生 enervation noun 语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin enervat- 'weakened (by extraction of the sinews'), from the verb enervare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + nervus 'sinew'