"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
(3) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(5) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(8) sharply, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
1. potentially weaken = potencjalnie osłab potentially weaken
2. economically weaken = gospodarczo osłab economically weaken
  • This might have economically and demographically weakened the Jacobite population of Qaryat Moussa.
  • This has left the middle classes in many South American countries economically weakened, politically volatile and in no mood to bow to American demands.
  • You want a weakened America - weakened economically, militarily, and culturally - in order to prop up your own sorry countries and avoid competition with us.
  • The war had also left Britain heavily indebted, economically weakened, and unable to absorb the flow of exports from Commonwealth jurisdictions.
  • The treaty anticipated the payment of the full ransom within six months, but in reality further installments from an economically weakened France failed to materialise to schedule.
  • The subsequent tensions economically weakened Göttingen, leading to the town finally paying its homage to Eric I in 1512.
  • Japan, weakened economically and diplomatically, desperately seeks guarantees that the American military will protect it from Korean missiles.
  • The irony is that a "Putin era" would mean an uncompetitive, economically weakened Russia - no threat to the West.
  • The result was an economically weakened Spain with a rapidly falling population.
  • Last week Mr. Yeltsin accused the United States of trying to take advantage of an economically weakened Russia in the arms talks.
3. effectively weaken = skutecznie osłab effectively weaken

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