一、详细释义:


n.

残疾人;跛子 [C]


例句:

It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.

取笑瘸子是残忍的。


例句:

He is a cripple.

他是一个跛子。


v.

使残废;使跛 [T]


例句:

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

伊斯顿先生在一次事故中重度伤残,不得不离职。


例句:

The accident crippled him for life.

这一事故使他终身残废。


削弱 [T]


例句:

Let's try to cripple their communications.

我们试着破坏他们的通讯设备吧。


例句:

Stress can cripple your weight loss dreams.

压力可以削弱你的减肥梦想。


二、词义辨析:


lame,cripple

这两个动词均含“使跛,使残废”之意。 lame普通用词,指因受伤或本身的生理缺陷而使人的身体致残,着重行走时的不便。 cripple正式用词,语气较强。多指因伤、体弱或疾病等所导致的永久性残废,常为肢体不全,行走不便,甚至移动身体也困难。


三、参考例句:


Stress can cripple your weight loss dreams.

压力可以削弱你的减肥梦想。


Let's try to cripple their communications.

我们试着破坏他们的通讯设备吧。


Cripple poison is a stronger snare than hamstring.

制残毒药比断筋的效果更好。


It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.

取笑瘸子是残忍的。


His first task was to cripple the enemy at sea.

他的首要任务是使海上的敌人失去战斗力。


A long delay might cripple me in a way.

长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.

全面切断物品供应会使该国经济陷入瘫痪。


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

这样的攻击会削弱中国与其他亚洲国家的关系。


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

左腿瘸的那个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.

没有行动意味着在起跑线上就输掉了。