any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
wasting的用法和樣例:
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
He gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls. 他將他們所求的賜給他們,卻使他們的心靈軟弱。
Rowling, whose mother died of the wasting disease of the nervous system, was awarded a Doctorate of Laws by Aberdeen University in Scotland. 蘇格蘭亞伯丁大學授予羅琳法學博士學位,她的母親就是死於這種神經系統耗損疾病。