Thus, we might choose the risky joy of drinking, but the overall debilitating effects of doing so prevent us from truly immersing ourselves in the precious gift that the universe has given to us: Life.

因此，我们可能会选择喝酒这种冒险的快乐，但这样做的整体衰弱影响会阻止我们真正沉浸在宇宙给我们的珍贵礼物中：生命。

But in the wake of dramatic military setbacks, all this has suddenly become very real, with the Russian leader announcing an immediate call up of hundreds of thousands of men to bolster his depleted forces.

但在戏剧性的军事挫折之后，这一切突然变得非常现实，俄罗斯领导人宣布立即征召数十万人，以增援衰弱的军队。

These often signal the beginning of a weakening of the mind or body.

这些疾病通常是精神或身体开始衰弱的信号。

In every caregiver that we train, I see the triumphs and the struggles of my mother caring for my grandmother through a debilitating neurological condition.

从我们培训的每一位护理人员身上，我看到了母亲在照顾患神经衰弱的祖母时所取得的成就和进行的抗争。

Historians believe salty soils contributed to the fall of ancient Mesopotamia.

历史为古美索不达米的衰弱与土壤盐化有关。

The overstretched muscle becomes less responsive and can stay weakened for up to 30 minutes.

过度伸展的肌肉反会变慢，并保持这样衰弱的状态长达30分钟。

SEAN VAN SOMMERAN: We actually snuck in with photographers and took pictures of the sharks as they were beginning to attrit and fail due to the constant scraping against the walls basically.

事实上，我们的摄影水中拍摄鲨鱼因长期摩擦槽壁，而逐渐开始衰弱的模样，如同我们所看到的。

And that is these debilitating medical ailments. They have become known as the Havana Syndrome.

就是那些使人衰弱的医疾病，众所周知的“哈瓦那综合症”。

Already the 79-year-old's illustrated confessions have been matched to more than 50 cold-case Jane Does around the country, and the FBI is racing against time and Little's failing health to identify the rest of his victims.

现年79岁的利特尔的供词已经与全国50多起悬案相匹配，联邦调查局正在与时间和利特尔日渐衰弱的身体赛跑，以确其他受害者的身份。

His wild courage was replaced by a great fear. In his weakness, what if the animal attacked him? He drew himself up tall, grasping the knife and staring hard at the bear.

他那不顾一切的勇气已经给一阵汹涌起伏的恐惧驱散。处在这样衰弱的境况中，如果那个畜生攻击他该怎么办？他只好尽力摆出极其威风的样子，握紧猎刀，狠命地盯着那头熊。

She's done just such an amazing job of taking what could have been very debilitating and really converting it into something that is, you know, a benefit not just to her, but to people around her who don't even know.

她做了一件非常了不起的工作：把本来可能非常衰弱的事物转化为一种益处——不仅对她有好处，而且对她周围不知情的人有好处。

I'm funny, I'm...I'm really nice, I love animals and I'm hot. I'm a catch, you know, if you can wrap your head around the enlarged, failing heart and the dependency to I.V. meds.

我很风趣，温柔，我热爱动物，我很性感。你知道的，如果你可以带着一个扩大的衰弱的心脏，还有对静脉药物的依赖的话。

How can anyone possibly enjoy getting older? After all, our bodies are disintegrating, our memory is getting worse by the day, and thus we cannot function the way we used to.

怎么会有人享受变老的乐趣呢？毕竟，我们的身体日渐衰弱，我们的记忆力一天比一天差，因此我们无法像以前那样正常生活。

And when the young King heard this he gave a great cry, and woke, and through the window he saw the long grey fingers of the dawn clutching at the fading stars.

少年国王听到这里，突然大叫一声，便醒了过来，透过窗户，他看见那些破晓的长手指正在摘取衰弱的繁星。

Thus as my predecessor weakened his practice declined, until when I purchased it from him it had sunk from twelve hundred to little more than three hundred a year.

所以，我的这位老前辈身体越衰弱，他的收就越微薄，到我买下这个诊所时，他的收已经由每年一千二百镑降到三百多镑了。

Her father's arm still lay in the crook of hers, helpless, appealing, trusting, as only the hands of the very young and the very old can be.

这时他父亲的胳臂仍然插她的臂弯里，显得那么无可奈何，那么可怜温顺，这种神态是只有幼童和很衰弱的老人才会有的。

I hear every day from Americans whose loved ones are suffering from addiction and other debilitating diseases.

我每天都从人们那里听到这些, 他们爱着的人们在忍受着药物上瘾, 其他人忍受着使人衰弱的疾病。

We can change this. We can tackle other tropical diseases, too, such as schistosomiasis, a debilitating parasitic disease that affects 200 million people a year.

我们可以改变这一点。我们还可以对付其他的热带病，例如血吸虫病，这是一种会使人身体衰弱的寄生虫病，每年会对2亿人产生影响。

It was soon predicted that the self-made men of yore would be replaced by effete company drones who did what they were told.

很快就有人预言，昔日靠自己奋斗成功的人将被那些对衰弱的公司唯命是从的懒汉所取代。

It reflected a weak, ungraceful figure and thin face. Her eyes, always sad, now looked with particular hopelessness at her reflection in the glass.

镜子映出她那衰弱难看的身子和瘦削的脸。她的眼睛一向忧郁，这会儿格外颓丧地瞧着镜子里自己的模样。