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小词详解 | cripple
cripple 英 [ˈkrɪpl] 美 [ˈkrɪpl]
It disperses the risk that a terrorist attack or natural disaster will cripple an entire government.
它分散了恐怖袭击或自然灾害导致整个政府陷入瘫痪的风险。
——《经济学人》I visited the jazz great Jane Jarvis when she was old, crippled and living in a tiny apartment with a window facing a brick wall.
我曾拜访伟大的爵士乐手简·贾维斯,那时她年事已高,腿脚不便,生活在一个窗户面朝一堵砖墙的小公寓里。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 使(某人)无法正常行走或移动
It is not to be imagined how far constancy will carry a man; however it is better walking slowly in a rugged way, than to break a leg and be a cripple.
很难设想坚定可以帮助人到何种程度;但无论如何,举步稳健总比跌断骨头成为跛子好。
disable: (of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities paralyse: cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement immobilize: prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal