英 [ˈwiːkən] 美 [ˈwiːkən]
v. （使）虚弱，（使）衰弱；（使）变弱，削弱；使（肯定程度）减弱，动摇，犹豫；（使）（大楼 、结构体等）不结实；（使）（股票等）疲弱，疲软
第三人称单数weakens
现在分词weakening
过去式weakened
过去分词weakened
weaken /ˈwiːkən/ CET4 TEM4 [ weakening weakened weakens ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful. 使虚弱; 变得虚弱
The recession has weakened so many businesses that many can no longer survive.
经济衰退削弱了很多企业的实力，以至于很多无法再生存下去。
Family structures are weakening and breaking up.
家庭结构正在弱化、崩溃。
及物动词/不及物动词 If your resolve weakens or if something weakens it, you become less determined or less certain about taking a particular course of action that you had previously decided to take. 动摇
I looked at the list and felt my resolve weakening.
我看着那张单子，感到我的决心开始动摇。
Jennie weakened, and finally relented.
珍妮犹豫一下，最终不再拒绝了。
及物动词 If something weakens you, it causes you to lose some of your physical strength. 使虚弱
Malnutrition obviously weakens the patient.
营养不良明显使病人虚弱无力。
及物动词 If something weakens an object, it does something to it that causes it to become less firm and more likely to break. 使松动
A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall.
炸弹爆炸使后墙的块砖都松动了。
lessen the strength of
The fever weakened his body
become weaker
The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
destroy property or hinder normal operations
同义词： sabotage / undermine / countermine / counteract / subvert
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
同义词： de-escalate / step down
弱化-引用次数：133
Enterprises alliance did not weaken competition, but make competition more vehemence.
企业联盟没有弱化竞争，反而使竞争更加激烈。
参考来源论企业战略联盟
弱化-引用次数：96
‘Limited retrial’in the paper, the core of that is to weaken authority retrial startup model and strengthen the rights of parties to apply for a retrial.
文中所指的“有限再审”,其核心在于弱化依职权启动再审模式,强化当事人申请再审的权利。
弱势化-引用次数：2
参考来源改革中弱势群体的政策支持
衰减-引用次数：6
维特尔与排位第三的汉密尔顿之间相差0.4秒的差距也与去年的排位赛基本持平，并没有明显的削弱(Weaken)与强化。如果果真如此，那么维特尔和霍纳赛前对于FIA新规则对红牛浸染云淡风轻的表态并非故作姿态。
忽视了这种更长时间的下跌，是因为在分时走势中，回调之后总有反弹，尽管反弹力度一贯 减弱 ( Weaken )，可先入为主的投资者(Investor)是可以对此一而再，再而三的宽容。
但是杰雷尔-马克尼尔可以被看成是 弱化 ( Weaken )版的香农-布朗，属于NBA中体型较小的得分后卫，不过他的总体攻防能力还是不错(Yes)的，尤其(In particular,)是他的防守能力对照...
... 〖cut(down)〗从原定的数目中减去 〖weaken;cripple;impair〗力量、势力减弱;使变弱 〖besharp〗形容刀、剑等锐利无比 ...
减少；使变弱；使变淡
变弱；畏缩；变软弱
Nothing could weaken his resolve to continue.
什么也不能削弱他继续下去的决心。
He accused them of conniving with foreign companies to weaken employment rights.
他指控他们与外国公司共谋来削弱雇用权。
There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
提醒一下：他不是要参与并购或其他削弱罗技家族对该公司控制的行动。
This,he felt,would throw fear into the people of the north and weaken the Union war effort.
VOA : special.2009.10.22
They then use radiation to weaken the parasite, which is then harvested for the vaccine.
VOA : special.2010.04.20
But what it really does is weaken the body's ability to hold heat.
VOA : special.2009.12.23
We believe that opening it up to same-sex couples will strengthen, not weaken, the institution.
He was too focused on the operating side, allowing the company's software-development effort to weaken.
The Lib Dems warned that it could weaken incentives for people to save for pensions.