miner
- Examples
Mais il s’est rendu compte, un jour, que les pénitences qu’il s’était imposées en plus de son travail apostolique exténuant lui avaient miné la santé, alors que son apostolat constituait par lui-même un champ vaste où pratiquer l’abnégation. | One day, however, he became aware that the penances he had taken on in addition to his exhausting apostolic activity had undermined his health, while his apostolic work in itself offered a broad field open for him to practice abnegation. |
On disait qu'ils avaient miné les champs pétrolifères. | They were reported to have mined the oilfields. |
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