debility: [15] Despite the passing similarity, debility has no connection with ability. It comes via Old French debilite from Latin dēbilitās, a derivative of the adjective dēbilis ‘weak’. This was a compound formed from the prefix de- ‘not’ and a second element meaning ‘strong’, represented also in Sanskrit bálam ‘strength’, Greek beltíon ‘better’, and Old Slavic bolij ‘larger’ (ultimate source of bolshevik).
debility (n.)
early 15c., from Middle French debilite (Modern French débilité) or directly from Latin debilitatem (nominative debilitas) "a laming, crippling, weakening," from debilis "lame, disabled, crippled," figuratively "weak, helpless," from de- "from, away" (see de-) + -bilis "strength," from PIE root *bel- (see Bolshevik).
雙語例句
1. After her operation she suffered from general debility.
她在手術(shù)後感到全身虛弱.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Laziness leads to debility.
懶則衰.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. After her long illness she is suffering from general debility.
久病之后,她身體虛弱.
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4. How does improvement insomnia tide fever abnormal sweating general debility wait for the climacteric symptom?
如何改善失眠潮熱虛汗等更年期癥狀?
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5. They may also irritate the upper respiratory tract, causing coughing, choking, and general debility.