crippling

英 [ˈkrɪplɪŋ]

美 [ˈkrɪplɪŋ]

adj.  (疾病等)严重损害健康的，致残的; 有严重危害的
v.  使残废; 使跛; 使成瘸子; 严重毁坏(或损害)
cripple的现在分词

现在分词：crippling　

CET6TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.14078 / COCA.14100

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (疾病等)严重损害健康(或身体)的
  Acripplingillness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body.
  1. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases...
     关节炎和风湿病是会严重损害身体健康的主要疾病。
  2. They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.
     他们俩都感到髋部疼痛难忍。
• ADJ 有严重危害的
  If you say that an action, policy, or situation has acripplingeffect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect.
  1. The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small American high-tech firms...
     高昂的资金成本严重影响了美国的很多小型高科技公司。
  2. The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow.
     该群岛上的美国部队受到了严重打击。

英英释义

adj

• that cripples or disables or incapacitates
  1. a crippling injury
  Synonym:disablingincapacitating

双语例句

• Parts of the country are continuing to suffer from a crippling drought.
  我国的部分地区正持续遭受严重的干旱。
• And some with that dementia also develop crippling symptoms like Gehrig's, gradually losing control of their muscles.
  而痴呆患者中的一些也有类似肌萎缩性侧索硬化症的跛行症状，且逐渐丧失对肌肉的控制。
• The arrears payments were even more crippling.
  偿付欠款造成了更为严重的损害。
• He has survived direct attacks from the United States and years of crippling international sanctions.
  要知道，卡扎菲躲过了美国的数次直接袭击，而且从残酷的国际制裁中幸存了下来。
• He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
  他21岁时突患致残重疾。
• It is a crippling population problem that could be worse than any global economic slowdown.
  人口年龄层失衡的问题，将比全球经济衰退更严重。
• The pictures triggered public outrage and a crippling four-month strike over a steep rise in extrajudicial killings.
  这些照片引起公众对法外处决激增的怒火，以及4个月的断断续续的罢工。
• The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow.
  该群岛上的美国部队受到了严重打击。
• Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases
  关节炎和风湿病是会严重损害身体健康的主要疾病。
• They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.
  他们俩都感到髋部疼痛难忍。