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
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
He gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls. 他将他们所求的赐给他们，却使他们的心灵软弱。
Rowling, whose mother died of the wasting disease of the nervous system, was awarded a Doctorate of Laws by Aberdeen University in Scotland. 苏格兰亚伯丁大学授予罗琳法学博士学位,她的母亲就是死于这种神经系统耗损疾病。
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