weaken

/ˈwiːkən/

意味: 弱める、衰えさせる

例文: Illness weakened Chair-kun’s voice.
　　  病気でチェア君の声が弱まった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: weaken resolve(決意を弱める), weaken position(立場を弱める), weaken influence(影響力を弱める)

定義: 何かを弱くすること、または力や効果を減らすことを意味します。例えば、体力や意志、影響力などが弱くなることを指します。

weakenは約300,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: lessen the strength of
Verb: become weaker
Verb: destroy property or hinder normal operations
Verb: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
Verb: lessen in force or effect

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Cold weather can weaken your immune system.(寒さは免疫力を弱めることがある。)
The scandal will weaken the politician’s reputation.(スキャンダルは政治家の評判を弱める。)
Lack of sleep tends to weaken concentration.(睡眠不足は集中力を弱らせる傾向がある。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The fever weakened his body
Verb: The prisoner’s resistance weakened after seven days
Verb: The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Verb: de-escalate a crisis
Verb: soften a shock
Verb: break a fall

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): break, counteract, countermine, damp, dampen, de-escalate, sabotage, soften, step down, subvert, undermine, weaken

Antonyms(反意語): escalate, strengthen

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, deaden, decrease, disobey

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abate, abridge, accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, boil down, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, cut, damage, dampen, darken, de-emphasize, de-escalate, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decline, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, decrescendo, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, depreciate, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, diminish, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, drop off, dry, dull, dwindle, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, limit, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, minimize, mitigate, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, obtund, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, pare, patent, personalize, petrify, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reduce, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remit, remodel, resist, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sabotage, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, shrink, shrivel, simplify, sit in, slack, slake, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suppress, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, taper, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, thin out, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, turn down, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, vanish, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, wane, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): attenuate, blunt, blur, break, collapse, cripple, dampen, de-energize, deafen, depress, derail, devitalize, die down, dilute, dull, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, fade, loosen, melt, neutralize, pall, pine away, rarefy, shake, slacken, slow, subside, temper, unbrace, wash out, wilt

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: damper, de-escalation, sabotage, step-down, weakener, weakening

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): en

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: