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 As a thinker, talker and writer, Hay’s brilliance gained him Lincoln’s confidence and earned him a post at the president’s elbow.

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In her later life the loss of Denis, her husband, was a grievous blow indeed, says the bishop. "And then there was a struggle with increasing debility from which she has now been liberated," he adds, referring to her failing health in old age.


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Personal Health
Reaching for Zen With Each Stroke and Lap
By JANE E. BRODY


Swimming is second only to walking as the nation's most popular recreational activity, and its benefits can be enjoyed regardless of age or infirmity.

Last Tuesday, during the final assembly of the year at my daughter's school, pupils said goodbye to a teacher who was being elbowed out. Miss T was famous for her feebleness at imparting knowledge; the new broom of a head had decided it would make more sense to give the job to someone who could teach instead.
上週四，在我女兒學校本年度的最後一次集會上，小學生們紛紛與一名被解僱的老師告別。 T女士授課水平之差遠近聞名；新領導決定，把這份工作交給一位勝任教學的人。


He describes Steve Jobs, the boss of Apple who is on medical leave, as "monomaniacal". In an interview with the Sunday Times, Allen criticises Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the co-founders of Google, for their corporate mission statement: "Don't be evil". Allen talked about their "elbows and claws" in their pursuit for growth.

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asthenia, debility

 

だつりょく【脱力】

loss of strength脱力感 a sense [feeling] of exhaustion脱力症 asthenia

だつりょくかん【脱力感】

a sense [feeling] of exhaustion

だつりょくしょう【脱力症】

asthenia

asthenia

n.
Loss or lack of bodily strength; weakness; debility.

[New Latin, from Greek astheneia, from asthenēs, weak : a-, without; see a-¹ + sthenos, strength.]

feebleness

n.

The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.


That shakes for age and feebleness.

Shak.

infirmity[in・fir・mi・ty]

• 発音記号[infə'ːrməti]

[名]

1 病気；（道徳的・性格的）欠陥, 欠点, 弱点.

2 [U]虚弱, 無気力.

elbow

(ĕl'bō')
n.

1. 1. The joint or bend of the arm between the forearm and the upper arm.
   2. The bony outer projection of this joint.
2. A joint, as of a bird or quadruped, corresponding to the human elbow.
3. Something having a bend or angle similar to an elbow, especially:
   1. A length of pipe with a sharp bend in it.
   2. A sharp bend in a river or road.

v., -bowed, -bow·ing, -bows. v.tr.

1. To push, jostle, or shove with the elbow: elbowed me in the ribs to get me to stop laughing.
2. To open up (a means of passage, for example) by or as if by use of the elbow: elbowed her way through the crowd.

v.intr.

1. To make one's way by pushing with the elbow.
2. To turn at an angle; bend: The lane elbows to the left.

idioms:at (one's) elbow

1. Close at hand; nearby.

out at the elbows

1. Poorly dressed.
2. Lacking money.

Phrases

at one's elbow

close at hand; nearby: he was standing at her elbow, holding out her glass

elbow-to-elbow

very close together: on the bank were dozens of anglers fishing elbow-to-elbow

give someone the elbow

British informal reject or dismiss someone: I tried to get her to give him the elbow she decided to give tradition the elbow

up to one's elbows in

informal

with one’s hands plunged in (something): I was up to my elbows in the cheese-potato mixture

deeply involved in (a task or activity): we’re going to get up to our elbows in the selection process

[Middle English elbowe, from Old English elnboga.]

debility

 

音節

de • bil • i • ty

発音

dibíləti

debilityの変化形

debilities (複数形)

[名][U]（体・意志の）弱いこと, （病気による）衰弱；重度障害.