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

• 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。
• Crippling Blow-Another skill that enhances the attack of the Warriors'weapon of choice.
  削弱攻击-另一个通过选择增加战士武器攻击力的技能。
• It will have crippling effect on you in later life.
  这对你以后的生活会留下极其严重的影响。
• Take the crippling clashes over coal and iron ore. The role of the state and the judicial system is to act as an arbiter, setting and implementing laws that balance competing claims over the use of land and resources.
  以围绕煤炭和铁矿石爆发的破坏性冲突为例。政府和司法体系的角色是充当仲裁者，制定和执行法律，以平衡各方对土地和资源使用权利的对立主张。
• By responding to WHO's call, governments can reduce the toll of fatal and crippling heart attacks, strokes, cancers and respiratory diseases that have become increasingly prevalent among women.
  如果各国政府响应世卫组织的号召，即可减少在妇女中越来越普遍的致命或致残的心脏病、中风、癌症和呼吸系统疾病的影响。
• The arrears payments were even more crippling.
  偿付欠款造成了更为严重的损害。
• 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。
• You are destroying, you are crippling the other.
  你是在摧毁，损坏人们。
• 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。