debility 音标拼音: [dəb'ɪləti]
n . 衰弱,无活力
衰弱,无活力
debility n 1 :
the state of being weak in health or body (
especially from old age ) [
synonym : {
infirmity }, {
frailty }, {
debility },
{
feebleness }, {
frailness }, {
valetudinarianism }]
Debility \
De *
bil "
i *
ty \,
n . [
L .
debilitas ,
fr .
debilis weak ,
prob .
fr .
de -
habilis able :
cf .
F .
d ['
e ]
bilit ['
e ].
See {
Able },
a .]
The state of being weak ;
weakness ;
feebleness ;
languor .
[
1913 Webster ]
The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration ,
which are debility ,
faintness ,
and sometimes sudden death .
--
Arbuthnot .
Syn : {
Debility }, {
Infirmity }, {
Imbecility }.
Usage :
An infirmity belongs ,
for the most part ,
to particular members ,
and is often temporary ,
as of the eyes ,
etc .
Debility is more general ,
and while it lasts impairs the ordinary functions of nature .
Imbecility attaches to the whole frame ,
and renders it more or less powerless .
Debility may be constitutional or may be the result or superinduced causes ;
Imbecility is always constitutional ;
infirmity is accidental ,
and results from sickness or a decay of the frame .
These words ,
in their figurative uses ,
have the same distinctions ;
we speak of infirmity of will ,
debility of body ,
and an Imbecility which affects the whole man ;
but Imbecility is often used with specific reference to feebleness of mind .
[
1913 Webster ]
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "
debility ":
advanced age ,
advanced years ,
adynamia ,
age of retirement ,
an incurable disease ,
anemia ,
anility ,
atony ,
blah feeling ,
bloodlessness ,
brain fag ,
cachexia ,
cachexy ,
caducity ,
chronic ill health ,
cowardice ,
debilitation ,
decline of life ,
declining years ,
decrepitude ,
delicacy ,
delicate health ,
disease ,
dotage ,
dullness ,
eld ,
elderliness ,
enervation ,
enfeeblement ,
etiolation ,
exhaustion ,
eyestrain ,
faintness ,
fatigue ,
feebleness ,
flabbiness ,
flaccidity ,
fragility ,
frailty ,
goneness ,
green old age ,
hale old age ,
healthlessness ,
heart strain ,
hoary age ,
hypochondria ,
hypochondriasis ,
ill health ,
impotence ,
infirm old age ,
infirmity ,
infirmity of age ,
invalidism ,
invalidity ,
jadedness ,
languishing ,
languishment ,
languor ,
lassitude ,
listlessness ,
longevity ,
malaise ,
mental fatigue ,
mental strain ,
morbidity ,
morbidness ,
old age ,
oldness ,
overstrain ,
overtiredness ,
peakedness ,
pensionable age ,
poor health ,
prostration ,
ricketiness ,
ripe old age ,
second childhood ,
senectitude ,
senility ,
senior citizenship ,
sickliness ,
sleepiness ,
sluggishness ,
softness ,
stance fatigue ,
strain ,
strengthlessness ,
superannuation ,
the downward slope ,
the golden years ,
tiredness ,
unhealthiness ,
unsoundness ,
unwholesomeness ,
vale of years ,
valetudinarianism ,
wasting ,
weakliness ,
weakness ,
wearifulness ,
weariness ,
white hairs
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