weaken
Indeed, the Netherlands Minister of Health felt that the European Parliament was weakening the directive. | El Ministro de Sanidad de los Países Bajos llegó a opinar que el Parlamento Europeo suavizaba la directiva. |
Such reasoning dovetails with a feature of the anti-globalization movement in its early phases, when it was common to accept the idea central to mainstream discourse in the 1990s that globalization was weakening the power of the state. | Tal razonamiento se liga con un rasgo del movimiento anti-globalización en sus primeras fases, cuando era común aceptar la idea central del discurso oficial de los años noventa que decía que la globalización debilitaba el poder del estado. |
The task was too expensive, and the economy was weakening. | La tarea era muy costosa y la economía estaba debilitándose. |
On the other hand, the link with prophecy was weakening. | Por otra parte, el vínculo con la profecía se estaba debilitando. |
On the other hand, the link with prophecy was weakening. | Por otra parte, el acoplamiento con profecía se debilitaba. |
At the same time, the working class movement in Sri Lanka was weakening. | Al mismo tiempo, el movimiento de la clase obrera esrilanquesa se debilitaba. |
France was already in turmoil industrially and the government was weakening. | Francia ya estaba industrialmente en conflicto y el gobierno cada día era más débil. |
By 1910, Leon Denis' vision was weakening day by day. | A partir de 1910, la visión de Léon Denis fue, día tras día, debilitándose. |
He was weakening and was already unable to maintain flight. | Ya estaba débil e incapaz de mantener el vuelo, así que, lentamente, descendió. |
Both attacks were initially of equal strength. But gradually, the teenage Super Saiyan was weakening. | Ambos ataques fueron inicialmente de igual fuerza, pero, poco a poco, el adolescente Super Saiyano se estaba debilitando. |
The link between prophet and people was weakening, and it happened under the leadership of Samuel. | El vínculo entre el profeta y la gente se estaba debilitando, y ocurrió bajo la dirección de Samuel. |
He was weakening and was already unable to maintain flight. He slowly lowered his altitude. | Ya estaba débil e incapaz de mantener el vuelo, así que, lentamente, descendió. |
But his health was weakening. He suffered from arteriosclerosis and his body was covered with sores. | Pero su salud se debilita, ya que sufre de arteriosclerosis y tiene el cuerpo cubierto de llagas. |
While the dollar was weakening against the euro and the pound, it continued to strengthen against the yen. | Mientras el dólar se debilitaba frente al euro y la libra, continuó fortaleciéndose frente al yen. |
The Blackblade made Gideon's hands ache, as if the dark power was weakening his bones. | La Blackblade hacía que Gideon sintiera un dolor punzante en las manos, como si su poder oscuro le debilitara los huesos. |
However, the body was weakening more and more, it became increasingly difficult to get out from the anesthesia. | Sin embargo, el cuerpo se debilitaba cada vez más y cada vez era más difícil salir de la anestesia. |
The cost of oil imports and external debt payments was a heavy burden which was weakening his country. | El costo de las importaciones de petróleo y el pago de la deuda externa representan una pesada carga que debilita a la nación. |
Now, worn by work and by age, she was at the end of her strength and her heart was weakening. | Ahora, agotada por el trabajo y por la edad, se encuentra al límite de sus fuerzas y su corazón se debilita. |
I held on to my son because I saw he was weakening and he didn't have the strength to go on. | Yo aguanté a mi hijo porque yo ví que él se estaba debilitando y él no tenía la fuerza para continuar. |
Internally, due to lack of coherent economic strategies Greece's productive sector had not been strong–and it was weakening as a result of the global economic downturn. | Internamente, por falta de estrategias económicas coherentes, su sector productivo no había sido fuerte—y estaba debilitándose como resultado de la crisis económica mundial. |
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