crippling
adj. 嚴重損害身體的; 有嚴重後果的
v. 削弱“cripple”的現在分詞; 使受損
A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body.
Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases...
關節炎和風溼病是會嚴重損害身體健康的主要疾病。
They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.
他們倆都感到髖部疼痛難忍。
If you say that an action, policy, or situation has a crippling effect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect.
The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small American high-tech firms...
高昂的資金成本嚴重影響了美國的很多小型高科技公司。
The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow.
該群島上的美國部隊受到了嚴重打擊。
1. that cripples or disables or incapacitates;
He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
他21歲時突患致殘重疾。
They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips.
他們倆都感到髖部疼痛難忍。
Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases.
關節炎和風溼病是會嚴重損害身體健康的主要疾病。
He was burdened with crippling debts.
他負債累累,深受其害.
Remarkably, the child recovered from a disease which had swept the world, killing and crippling millions.
令人意想不到的是,這個孩子從病中康復了,而這種病症曾經席捲整個世界,使數以百萬計的人喪生或殘疾。