He had once before felt in his own person this overpowering of the fervid by the inanimate; but then it had tended to enervate a passion far sweeter than that which at present pervaded him.

他也曾有过内心的狂热被冷峻的环境压抑下去的受；但当时要被压抑的要比现在传遍他全身的这温柔甜蜜得多。

The sisters thought that Virginia was affectionate but delicate. The slightest emotion enervated her. She had to give up her piano lessons. Her mother insisted upon regular letters from the convent.

姐妹俩认为弗吉尼亚深但又娇弱。一丝一毫的绪都会使她疲惫不堪。她不得不放弃钢琴课。她的母亲坚持要定期从修院寄来信件。

Riches and honours prevent a man from enlarging his understanding, and enervate all his powers, by reversing the order of nature, which has ever made true pleasure the reward of labour.

财富和荣誉阻碍了一个人扩大他的理解力， 并削弱了他所有的力量， 因为自然界的秩序一向使真正的快乐成为劳动的回报。

I got some very human answers to the fact that I misused the word enervate when I meant invigorate, and I shall never do that again, let me tell you.

了“enervate” 一词，本意是想说“invigorate” ，结果得到了一些非常人性化的回应， 让深惭愧，向你保证， 再也不会犯这样的错了。

But if you haven't won the biological lottery, you can still work out what reinvigorates and what enervates.

但如果你没有赢得这场生物学上的“彩票” ，你仍然可以弄清楚什么能让你重新焕发活力， 什么会让你到疲惫。

Terrible, I just failed, you feel deflated, enervated.

可怕, 刚刚失败, 你到泄气, 精神萎靡。

From that point, Taizong was haunted by his memory of the weeping dragon begging for his life; he felt exhausted and enervated, the sound of sobbing echoing in his ears.

从那时起，太宗就被那条哭龙求饶的记忆所困扰。他到疲惫和无力，耳边回响着抽泣的声音。