debility

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de·bil·i·ty /dɪˈbɪləti/ noun (plural debilities) [countableC, uncountableU] formal

WEAKweakness, especially as the result of illness 〔尤指疾病造成的〕虚弱，衰弱 → disability

physical and mental debility

身体和精神上的衰弱

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debility• The two main causes are lead and nitrates which can bring about debility, heart weakness and cancer.• These include trauma, sunlight, high fever, and general debility.• Illnesses, including chronic muscle debility, herpes, tremors and eye infections, have come and gone.• But no - for I am not a cripple, I have no debility, and something other than myself is doing this.• Supporting that sound of debility and failure there were orchestrated snores.• Perhaps it was not surprising that he complained of physical debility.• The woman's debility softened her.

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BNC: 34769 COCA: 37382

debility

Physical weakness: weakness, frailty, debility...