crippling

英 [ˈkrɪplɪŋ]

美 [ˈkrɪplɪŋ]

adj. (疾病等)严重损害健康的，致残的; 有严重危害的
v. 使残废; 使跛; 使成瘸子; 严重毁坏(或损害)
cripple的现在分词

现在分词：crippling　

CET6 TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.14078 / COCA.14100

柯林斯词典

ADJ (疾病等)严重损害健康(或身体)的
Acripplingillness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body.
1. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases...
  关节炎和风湿病是会严重损害身体健康的主要疾病。
2. They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.
  他们俩都感到髋部疼痛难忍。
ADJ 有严重危害的
If you say that an action, policy, or situation has acripplingeffect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect.
1. The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small American high-tech firms...
  高昂的资金成本严重影响了美国的很多小型高科技公司。
2. The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow.
  该群岛上的美国部队受到了严重打击。

英英释义

adj

that cripples or disables or incapacitates
1. a crippling injury
Synonym:disablingincapacitating

双语例句

They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.
他们俩都感到髋部疼痛难忍。
You have put us in a wonderful position to strike them a crippling blow.
你让我们有很好的机会教训他们。
Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases
关节炎和风湿病是会严重损害身体健康的主要疾病。
But I also know that sanctions without outreach condemnation without discussion can carry forward only a crippling status quo.
我也知道，如果一味制裁而没有主动接触，如果一味谴责而没有对话，只能保持一个有害的现状。
Zimbabwe is a more recent example of this crippling medical emigration.
在这场影响严重的医药人才移民潮中，津巴布韦是近期更为突出的案例。
Falling prices would make their already crippling burdens even heavier.
价格不断下降会使得他们本难以支撑的负担更加沉重。
Its profitability is limited by domestic price regulation and a crippling export tax.
其盈利能力受到国内价格管制和苛刻出口税的限制。
He has survived direct attacks from the United States and years of crippling international sanctions.
要知道，卡扎菲躲过了美国的数次直接袭击，而且从残酷的国际制裁中幸存了下来。
Crippling fines have been imposed on unsanctioned demonstrations.
未经批准的抗议活动遭到了巨额罚款。
The bad news is that you can't remove IE without crippling your operating system.
坏消息是你不能无损操作系统地移除ie。