debilitate
vt. 使虚弱; 使衰弱
If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.
昨天拉塞尔因肠胃病毒感染身体不适,由斯图尔特暂时接手。
To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker.
...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance.
他们试图削弱西方联盟的政治决心的努力
1. make weak;