"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. markedly weakened = znacznie osłabić markedly weakened
2. visibly weaken = wyraźnie osłab visibly weaken
3. noticeably weakened = zauważalnie osłabić noticeably weakened
  • The arrangement lasted almost half a century, and in 1274, the filiation of Mellifont was reconstituted.Richter, p 155 By this time, however, "the Cistercian order as a whole had experienced a gradual decline and its central organisation was noticeably weakened."
  • Dairine Callahan Not as major or involved as the others, she is shown to be noticeably weakened in her power levels, but still defiantly working to find and save her friend Roshaun.
  • The fourth quarter was all Seawolves offense as Albany's defense was noticeably weakened.
  • In experiments to raise hybrids, you sometimes get plants which resemble the mother plant, but partly in their sexual potency appear noticeably weakened.
  • What is worse, the prime minister's ratings among older Japanese, who have long supported the governing Liberal Democratic Party, have noticeably weakened, suggesting further declines ahead.
  • On what was to have been my final visit, devoted to brief explanations and leave-taking, Lucy clung to me as before, and to my chagrin I once more left her noticeably weakened.
  • The leverage of regional diplomats over military and civilian leaders has been noticeably weakened.
  • By 1830, the enemies of the East India Company had begun to triumph, and its hold on trade with the East had noticeably weakened.
  • By this time, however, "the Cistercian order as a whole had experienced a gradual decline and its central organisation was noticeably weakened."
  • By this time, Larson had been diagnosed with throat cancer, and his voice was noticeably weakened.

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