enervated

• In the beginning , the public revenues , and the resources of rich individuals , sufficed at least to cover italy with splendid edifices , public and private ; but at length so dwindled under the enervating influences of misgovernment , that what remained was not even sufficient to keep those edifices from decay
  开始时，财政收入和富人的财力至少还可以在意大利各地修建堂皇的私人建筑或公家建筑，但到了最后，由于管理不善，财力日渐缩小，以致无法使已有的建筑免于颓败。