| 单词 | crippling |
| 释义 | crippling (krɪplɪŋ ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases. They both suffered from crippling pains in their hips. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] 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 borrowing has a crippling effect on many small firms. The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow. cripplingly adverb ...cripplingly high interest rates. Translations: Chinese: 严重损害健康的 Japanese: 身体障害を引き起こすような |
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