"weaken" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

weaken verbo

weaken + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 33
weaken one's position • weaken one's ability • weaken the system • weaken the power • weaken bones • ...
verbo + weaken
Kolokacji: 6
begin to weaken • continue to weaken • begin weakening • cause to weaken • help weaken • ...
weaken + preposición
Kolokacji: 21
weakened by • weaken in • weaken with • weaken to • weaken over • ...
weaken + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
further weaken • severely weakened • greatly weakened • rapidly weaken • significantly weaken • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
8. actually weaken = faktycznie osłab actually weaken
12. sufficiently weakened = wystarczająco osłabić sufficiently weakened
13. physically weakened = fizycznie opaść z sił physically weakened
14. dramatically weaken = dramatycznie osłab dramatically weaken
15. critically weaken = krytycznie osłab critically weaken
16. dangerously weakened = niebezpiecznie osłabić dangerously weakened
  • Defense capabilities, which had been dangerously weakened during the 1970's, have been substantially rebuilt, restoring a more adequate level of national security.
  • Congress has dangerously weakened its own supervision of covert action.
  • "And we are dangerously weakened," said Silence.
  • Now that the Mahdi was gone, the cement that held it together was dangerously weakened.
  • To furnish a field army of 25,000 for the expedition, almost the entire effective establishment in Britain was dispatched and the garrison in India was dangerously weakened.
  • The Empire, dangerously weakened in its transitional state between the new and old orders, found itself under attack from all sides at once.
  • The duckers of Buckinghamshire had generally failed to introduce technological improvements such as the incubator, and inbreeding had dangerously weakened the breed.
  • The legitimising role of the UN has been reduced, while its efficacy and credibility have been dangerously weakened.
  • And with many defense contractors asserting that they have been dangerously weakened by shrinking military budgets, such forays could become more common, the experts said.
  • The economy was dangerously weakened by imbalances created in the late 1990's, long before the tragic events of Sept. 11.
17. financially weakened = finansowo osłabić financially weakened
18. weaken fast = osłab szybko weaken fast
(3) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(5) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(8) sharply, clearly
Kolokacji: 2

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