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

• Is there a cure? I heard this is a crippling disease.
  这病有办法根治吗？我听说这是一种会使人残废的病。
• Falling prices would make their already crippling burdens even heavier.
  价格不断下降会使得他们本难以支撑的负担更加沉重。
• He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
  他21岁时突患致残重疾。
• 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。
• That might be the price society has to pay to keep the banking system afloat without crippling future taxpayers.
  这或许是社会为使银行体系摆脱困境、同时不致使未来纳税人深陷泥沼所必须付出的代价。
• You have put us in a wonderful position to strike them a crippling blow.
  你让我们有很好的机会教训他们。
• 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。
• Washington should prepare for crippling attacks on satellites and other communications systems before it is too late.
  华盛顿方面应该准备防范卫星及其他通讯系统受到的攻击，否则将为时已晚。
• 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。
• 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。