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1 weaken
ˈwi:kən гл. слабеть, ослаблять (в широком смысле - делать менее сильным, эффективным и т.п. Lack of food weakened his strength ≈ Недостаток пищи ослабил его. Public support of the highway program began to weaken. ≈ Общественная поддержка программы строительства дорог стала ослабевать. Syn: deplete, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, spend Ant: energize, invigorate, replenish, revitalize, strengthen, vitalize ослаблять;
снижать эффективность - to * a blow ослабить /амортизировать/ удар - he has been *ed by illness он изнурен болезнью - to * wine with water разбавлять вино водой слабеть, ослабевать (разговорное) поддаваться( убеждению и т. п.) ;
утрачивать решимость;
сдаваться( на уговоры, просьбы и т. п.) ;
колебаться;
не выдерживать( характера) (биржевое) понизиться (о ценах, курсах) weaken ослабевать ~ ослаблять ~ поддаваться, сдаваться ~ понижаться ~ слабеть -
2 weaken
['wiːk(ə)n]гл.а) слабетьPublic support of the highway program began to weaken. — Общественная поддержка программы строительства дорог стала ослабевать.
б) ослаблятьLack of food weakened his strength — Недостаток пищи ослабил его.
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