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Disable Disabling Dɪsˈeɪbl Verb Disabled Make 动词 使丧失能力;使伤残

The verb 'disable' means to impair someone's ability to live normally due to an injury or illness, or to make a system or device unworkable, often temporarily.

The verb 'disable' means to impair someone's ability to live normally due to an injury or illness, or to make a system or device unworkable, often temporarily.

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/dɪse͟ɪb(ə)l/
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[VERB 动词]使丧失能力;使伤残 If an injury or illness disables someone, it affects them so badly that it restricts the way that they can live their life.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • She did all this tendon damage and it really disabled her...

    她遭受这么严重的肌腱损伤,这实际上让她残废了。

  • Although disabled by polio during the Second World War, Proctor was also a first-rate helmsman.

    二战期间尽管身患小儿麻痹症,普罗克特仍不失为一流的舵手。

disabling
  • ...skin ulcers which are disfiguring and sometimes disabling.

    有损容貌甚至会致残的皮肤溃疡

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[VERB 动词](通常指暂时地)使无效,使不能正常运转 If someone or something disables a system or mechanism, they stop it working, usually temporarily.
  [V n]
  • ...if you need to disable a car alarm.

    如果你需要暂停汽车报警功能


Oxford dis·able / dɪsˈeɪbl ; NAmE dɪsˈeɪbl / verb 1 disablesb to injure or affect sb permanently so that, for example, they cannot walk or cannot use a part of their body 使丧失能力;使伤残 He was disabled in a car accident. 他在车祸中残废了。 a disabling condition 导致残障的疾病 2 disablesth to make sth unable to work so that it cannot be used 使无效;使不能运转 The burglars gained entry to the building after disabling the alarm. 窃贼破坏警报器后便得以进入大楼。 disable disables disabled disabling dis·able / dɪsˈeɪbl ; NAmE dɪsˈeɪbl /
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disabledis‧a‧ble /dɪsˈeɪbəl/ verb [transitive]
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1to make someone unable to use a part of their body properly:  Carter was permanently disabled in the war.GRAMMAR Disable is usually passive in this meaning.2to deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use:  The virus will disable your computer.disablement noun [countable, uncountable]disabling adjective:  a disabling injury
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disable

[dɪsˈeɪbl]disabled, disabling, disables

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disabled[4685] disabling[359]
使 ... 失去能力(100%)
vt.使失去能力;使残废;使无资格

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