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

Is there a cure? I heard this is a crippling disease.
这病有办法根治吗？我听说这是一种会使人残废的病。
He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
他21岁时突患致残重疾。
It is a crippling population problem that could be worse than any global economic slowdown.
人口年龄层失衡的问题，将比全球经济衰退更严重。
It will have crippling effect on you in later life.
这对你以后的生活会留下极其严重的影响。
Crippling Blow-Another skill that enhances the attack of the Warriors'weapon of choice.
削弱攻击-另一个通过选择增加战士武器攻击力的技能。
Arthritis is a crippling disease which affects people all over the world.
关节炎是一种会危害全人类健康的致残性疾病。
And some with that dementia also develop crippling symptoms like Gehrig's, gradually losing control of their muscles.
而痴呆患者中的一些也有类似肌萎缩性侧索硬化症的跛行症状，且逐渐丧失对肌肉的控制。
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。
That might be the price society has to pay to keep the banking system afloat without crippling future taxpayers.
这或许是社会为使银行体系摆脱困境、同时不致使未来纳税人深陷泥沼所必须付出的代价。
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。