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Cripple Crippled D Emotional Damage ˈkrɪpl Walk Person

Cripple can be used as a noun to refer to a person who is unable to walk or move properly due to injury or disease; however, this usage is considered old-fashioned and offensive, with 'disabled person' being the preferred term. As a verb, 'cripple' means to cause severe damage or impairment, whether physical (e.g., crippling injury) or to a system or organization (e.g., crippling debt). The adjective form 'crippling' describes something that causes severe damage or impairment.

Cripple can be used as a noun to refer to a person who is unable to walk or move properly due to injury or disease; however, this usage is considered old-fashioned and offensive, with 'disabled person' being the preferred term. As a verb, 'cripple' means to cause severe damage or impairment, whether physical (e.g., crippling injury) or to a system or organization (e.g., crippling debt). The adjective form 'crippling' describes something that causes severe damage or impairment.

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/krɪ̱p(ə)l/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]瘸子;残疾人 A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple .
  [OFFENSIVE 冒犯]
  • She has gone from being a healthy, fit, and sporty young woman to being a cripple.

    她从一个健康、强壮、爱好运动的年轻女性变成了一个跛子。

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[VERB 动词]使残疾;使成为跛子 If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again.
  [be V-ed]
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job...

    伊斯顿先生在一次事故中重度伤残,不得不离职。

  • He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life...

    医生警告他,如果再次严重摔伤他可能会终身残疾。

  • He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position.

    他把自己的一条瘸腿抬到一个更加舒服的位置。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](心理上或情感上)有缺陷的人 If you describe someone as an emotional cripple, you mean that they have a particular psychological or emotional problem which prevents them from living a normal life.
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    [VERB 动词]使(心理上或情感上)出现问题 If something cripples a person, it causes them severe psychological or emotional problems.
      [V n]
      [V-ed]
    • Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him...

      霍华德想成为流行歌手,但因怯场而心生畏惧。

    • I'm not perfect but I'm also not emotionally crippled or lonely.

      我并不完美,但我也没有什么心结,也不孤独。

    5
    [VERB 动词]严重毁坏(机器);破坏(组织、体系) To cripple a machine, organization, or system means to damage it severely or prevent it from working properly.
      [V n]
      [V-ed]
    • Let's try to cripple their communications...

      我们试着破坏他们的通讯设备吧。

    • A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy...

      全面切断物品供应会使该国经济陷入瘫痪。

    • The pilot was able to maneuver the crippled aircraft out of the hostile area.

      飞行员成功地驾驶严重损坏的飞机驶出敌区。


    Oxford crip·ple / ˈkrɪpl ; NAmE ˈkrɪpl /
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    noun
    cripple cripples crippled crippling
    verb 1 [usually passive ] cripplesb to damage sb's body so that they are no longer able to walk or move normally 使残废;使跛;使成瘸子 SYN
    disable
    He was crippled by polio as a child. 他幼年患过小儿麻痹症,结果腿就瘸了。 to be crippled with arthritis 因患关节炎而腿瘸
    2 [usually passive ] cripplesb/sth to seriously damage or harm sb/sth 严重毁坏(或损害) The pilot tried to land his crippled plane. 飞行员试图驾驶损坏严重的飞机着陆。 crip·pling / ; NAmE / adjective a crippling disease 严重损害健康的疾病 crippling debts 导致经济瘫痪的债务
    noun ( old-fashioned or offensive) a person who is unable to walk or move normally because of a disease or injury 伤残人;残疾人;跛子;瘸子 ( figurative) He's an emotional cripple (= he cannot express his feelings). 他是个感情有缺陷的人。 HELP  People now use disabled personinstead of ‘cripple’. 人们现在说 disabled person,而不说 cripple。 crip·ple / ˈkrɪpl ; NAmE ˈkrɪpl / crip·pling / ; NAmE /
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    cripplecripple1 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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    1 old-fashioned to hurt someone badly so that they cannot walk properly SYN  disable:  She was crippled in a car accident.2to damage something badly so that it no longer works or is no longer effective:  Industry is being crippled by high interest rates.crippled adjective:  landing the crippled plane
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    cripplecrip‧ple2 /ˈkrɪpəl/ noun [countable]
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    1 old-fashioned someone who is unable to walk properly because their legs are damaged or injured, now considered offensivedisabled2emotional cripple informal someone who cannot express their feelings to other people – used to show disapproval
    WDF

    cripple

    [ˈkrɪpl]crippled, crippling, cripples

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    削弱(77%),残废(17%),跛者(3%),使...瘫痪(3%)
    n.跛子;残废
    vt.削弱;使跛;使残废
    adj.跛的;残废的

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