Cancer can be a debilitating disease.
癌症可能让人极度虚弱。
A debilitating injury kept the pitcher out all season.
一场使人虚弱的伤病让投手整个赛季无法上场。
The heat was debilitating, so we rested in the shade.
炎热让人浑身无力，我们只好在树荫下休息。
Fear of failure can be debilitating for some students.
对失败的恐惧会让一些学生萎靡不振。
Choose the best synonym for the word “debilitating”:
D — enervating. “debilitating” means adj. weakening
Injuries can be ____, preventing athletes from performing at their best.
A — debilitating. “debilitating” means adj. weakening
debilitating — adj. weakening. In Chinese: 使虚弱的，削弱的.
debilitating is pronounced /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/. It breaks into 5 syllables: de · bil · i · tat · ing.
“debilitating” means weakening. Examples: (1) Cancer can be a debilitating disease. (2) A debilitating injury kept the pitcher out all season. (3) The heat was debilitating, so we rested in the shade. (4) Fear of failure can be debilitating for some students.
weakening, draining — all close in meaning to debilitating (adj. weakening).
Yes. debilitating appears on the iSEE Vocab Middle list, which covers nearly 700 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
de(remove)+bilit(ability)+ating