一、詳細(xì)釋義：


n.

殘疾人；跛子 [C]


例句：

It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.

取笑瘸子是殘忍的。


例句：

He is a cripple.

他是一個跛子。


v.

使殘廢；使跛 [T]


例句：

Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job.

伊斯頓先生在一次事故中重度傷殘，不得不離職。


例句：

The accident crippled him for life.

這一事故使他終身殘廢。


削弱 [T]


例句：

Let's try to cripple their communications.

我們試著破壞他們的通訊設(shè)備吧。


例句：

Stress can cripple your weight loss dreams.

壓力可以削弱你的減肥夢想。


二、詞義辨析：


lame,cripple

這兩個動詞均含“使跛，使殘廢”之意。 lame普通用詞，指因受傷或本身的生理缺陷而使人的身體致殘，著重行走時的不便。 cripple正式用詞，語氣較強。多指因傷、體弱或疾病等所導(dǎo)致的永久性殘廢，常為肢體不全，行走不便，甚至移動身體也困難。


三、參考例句：


Stress can cripple your weight loss dreams.

壓力可以削弱你的減肥夢想。


Let's try to cripple their communications.

我們試著破壞他們的通訊設(shè)備吧。


Cripple poison is a stronger snare than hamstring.

制殘毒藥比斷筋的效果更好。


It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.

取笑瘸子是殘忍的。


His first task was to cripple the enemy at sea.

他的首要任務(wù)是使海上的敵人失去戰(zhàn)斗力。


A long delay might cripple me in a way.

長期拖下去可能在某些方面把我拖垮了。


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

全面切斷物品供應(yīng)會使該國經(jīng)濟陷入癱瘓。


Such an attack would cripple China's relationship with the other Asian countries.

這樣的攻擊會削弱中國與其他亞洲國家的關(guān)系。


The cripple who is lame in the left leg is limping on the way home.

左腿瘸的那個跛子一瘸一拐地走在回家的路上。


A failure to act can cripple you before you leave the starting line.

沒有行動意味著在起跑線上就輸?shù)袅恕?/p>