suy yếu
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Definition
Verb:
- To weaken: To become or make something become less strong, powerful, or effective. It describes a gradual reduction in force, health, or intensity.
- To decline: To gradually move to a worse condition; to deteriorate, especially in terms of health, power, or vitality.
Adjective:
- Weakened / Declining: In a state of having become less strong or robust. Used to describe the resulting condition.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Sức khỏe của ông ấy bắt đầu suy yếu. (His health began to weaken.)
- Cuộc tấn công đó đã suy yếu lực lượng đối phương. (That attack weakened the enemy's forces.)
- Ảnh hưởng của triều đại đó suy yếu dần. (The influence of that dynasty gradually declined.)
Adjective:
- Một nền kinh tế suy yếu cần sự hỗ trợ. (A weakened economy needs support.)
- Họ phải bảo vệ những thành viên suy yếu trong cộng đồng. (They must protect the vulnerable/weakened members of the community.)
Advanced Usage
"suy yếu tinh thần": to experience a decline in morale or mental strength.
- Những thất bại liên tiếp khiến tinh thần đội bóng suy yếu. (Consecutive failures caused the team's morale to weaken.)
"suy yếu bẩm sinh": congenital debility/weakness.
- Đứa trẻ mắc chứng suy yếu bẩm sinh. (The child suffers from congenital debility.)
Variants and Related Words
Suy giảm (v): to diminish, to decrease (often used for abstract things like quality, value, or numbers).
- Chất lượng không khí đang suy giảm. (Air quality is diminishing.)
Suy nhược (v/adj): to be debilitated, to be in a state of exhaustion or prostration (often more severe, especially for health).
- Bệnh nhân bị suy nhược cơ thể sau ca phẫu thuật. (The patient was physically debilitated after the surgery.)
Synonyms
- Weaken: to make or become weaker.
- Decline: to become smaller, fewer, or less; to deteriorate.
- Debilitate: to make someone weak and infirm.
- Deteriorate: to become progressively worse.
Related Idioms
Suy yếu sinh lực: to have one's vitality sapped/weakened.
- Công việc căng thẳng khiến anh ta suy yếu sinh lực. (The stressful job caused his vitality to weaken.)
Suy yếu dần: to decline/wane gradually.
- Quyền lực của hắn suy yếu dần theo năm tháng. (His power waned gradually over the years.)