1. 動詞
   emaciate現在分詞:
   不及物動詞:
   消瘦下去
   限定被動語態(參考emaciated):
   及物動詞:
   因...(疾病、痛苦、疲勞等)消瘦
   因...(疾病、痛苦、疲勞等)衰弱
   因...(疾病、痛苦、疲勞等)憔悴
   

   同義字詞
   decay,droop,fade,fail,flag,go,lag,languish,sag,sink,waste (away),weaken,wilt,wither
   

例句

1. His right hon. Friend is sustaining and expanding the Scottish inspectorate, so why is the Minister emaciating ours?
2. After the burial, for which there were minute prescriptions, the son had to wear the mourning sackcloth for twenty-seven months, emaciating his body with scanty food, and living in a rude hut erected for the purpose near the grave.