
英:/''krɪpld/ 美:/'ˈkrɪpld/
比较级:more crippled 最高级:most crippled
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v. 使跛足,使残疾,使伤残;严重毁坏或损害;给……造成严重问题 (cripple 的过去式和过去分词)
The crippled ship slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
这艘严重受损的船慢慢沉入海底。
There is a crippled plane parked at the airport.
机场上停着一辆严重受损的飞机。
The government issued policies to rescue the crippled economy.
政府颁布政策来拯救瘫痪的经济。
The recent downturn in employment has really crippled our sales this year; people are spending less than ever.
最近的就业率下滑让我们今年的销售量很不济;人们消费的比以前少了。
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.
他们尽量不去看他那丑陋的面庞和残疾的身躯。
She had come to terms with the fact that her husband would always be crippled.
她已接受了丈夫将终生跛足这个事实。
The accident crippled him for life.
这次意外事故使他终生残废。
He was crippled by polio as a child.
他幼年患过小儿麻痹症,结果腿就瘸了。
The pilot tried to land his crippled plane.
飞行员试图驾驶损坏严重的飞机着陆。
adj.|disabled/handicapped;残废的,跛腿的
"crippled"是形容词,在英语中主要有两个层面的含义:
原始医学含义
指因先天缺陷、疾病或意外导致肢体功能严重受损的状态,常见于20世纪的医学文献描述,例如脊髓灰质炎后遗症患者(来源:牛津英语词典)。这种用法现已逐渐被"physically disabled"或"person with mobility impairment"等更中性的表述取代。
现代语境演变
在当代英语中,该词更多用于隐喻性表达,形容系统、组织或功能的严重受损。例如:"crippled economy"(瘫痪的经济)或"crippled software"(功能残缺的软件)。剑桥词典特别指出这种比喻用法仍常见于正式书面语。
世界卫生组织《国际功能、残疾和健康分类》(ICF)强调,描述残障人士时应避免带有贬损色彩的词汇,推荐使用"people with disabilities"作为标准术语(来源:WHO官网政策文件)。语言学家David Crystal在《剑桥英语百科全书》中也建议,涉及人类残障状况时,语言选择应体现对人格尊严的尊重。
例句参考:
"The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act prohibited discrimination against individuals with disabilities"(现代规范表述)
"The company's network was crippled by a cyberattack"(非人类主体的技术性描述)
单词crippled 的含义和用法如下:
作为形容词
作为动词(过去式/过去分词)
如需更多例句或词源信息,可参考等来源。
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