"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 • ...
1. weaken one's ability = osłabiać czyjś umiejętność weaken one's ability
3. weaken one's authority = osłabiać czyjś władza weaken one's authority
  • That law provides far looser regulation of health claims for supplements, and significantly weakens the agency's authority over them.
  • Base commandants didn't like ambiguity, and with reason: it weakened their authority.
  • Dropping the case could weaken his authority.
  • The church's opponents say they weaken the Bishops' authority on issues like divorce and abortion.
  • Now a deepening political crisis is threatening to weaken his authority even further.
  • His execution weakened James' authority in the borders and was a grave mistake on the King's part.
  • The data has not changed at all and I felt that if we did change, it would weaken our authority from now on.
  • "Leonard Slatkin once warned me not to fraternize with the musicians because it would weaken my authority."
  • "If she goes on making these sort of pronouncements, she is merely weakening his authority," he said.
  • John was unwilling to weaken his authority in western France in this way.
4. weaken confidence = osłab zwierzenie weaken confidence
5. weaken one's hand = osłabiać czyjś ręka weaken one's hand
6. weaken one's credibility = osłabiać czyjś wiarygodność weaken one's credibility
(3) system, muscle
Kolokacji: 2
(4) bone, case, argument
Kolokacji: 3
(5) resolve, NATO
Kolokacji: 2
(7) defense, institution
Kolokacji: 2
(9) Russia, Iraq, Empire
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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