"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
4. weaken confidence = osłab zwierzenie weaken confidence
5. weaken one's hand = osłabiać czyjś ręka weaken one's hand
  • But the South Korean leader has had his own problems in recent weeks, and some diplomats say they have weakened his hand.
  • "Sometimes attempts are made to weaken my hand," he added.
  • Now, his lame-duck status is sure to weaken Chicago's hand.
  • More than a dozen years ago he had a stroke that severely weakened his left hand.
  • That kind of bullheaded thinking will weaken the president's hand at home and at the U.N.
  • Unions traditionally oppose back-to-work injunctions because they have been used to weaken labor's hand.
  • In January, with the first universal elections threatening to weaken their hand, the farmers and the state made an offer.
  • Care should be taken to avoid key information being released at a late stage in the process which therefore weakens the vendor's controlling hand.
  • "But the violence will weaken his hand, and together these two forces could be overwhelming."
  • The document's principle aim is to weaken the Governor'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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