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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But that ignores the necessity for sufficient deficit reduction to win market confidence and thereby avoid crippling interest rates.
  但这忽视了削减足够多的赤字以赢得市场信心、从而避免利率达到有害水平的必要性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。