【每日一词】 Cripple 17thSep.2018

cripple

1. 释义

①[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]

②[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]

③[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]

④[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.

⑤[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]

2. 翻译

台风山竹（Typhoon Mangkhut）严重破坏了香港和广东地区的电力供应和通讯服务。

Zoe - Thphoon Mangkhut crippled (the) electricity supply and communication service heavily in Hongkong and Guangdong.

参考 - Typhoon Mangkhut has crippled the electricity supply and communication services in Hong Kong and Guangdong.

3. 运用

场景1：最近，多起间谍活动被破获。

造句1：Nowaday, several spys have been crippled.

场景2：重复性工作容易削弱创造能力。

造句2：Repetitive work cripples the abiliy of creation.

场景3：二胎正在毁掉大部分人的养老生活。

造句3：The second child policy is crippling older years of most people.