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单词 handicapped
释义
handicappedhand‧i‧capped /ˈhændikæpt/ adjective old-fashioned Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a school for mentally handicapped children
  • She works with handicapped teenagers.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A family with a severely handicapped child will have many problems.
  • Access to further and higher education has been unduly restricted for handicapped children and this should be improved.
  • Although the kangaroo has a fast turn of speed on the plan, he is handicapped when climbing trees.
  • In less imaginative hands, Liz - an unmarried and uncommunicative mum of a handicapped baby - would surely come a cropper.
  • Like other mentally handicapped children, Down's children can achieve considerable educational improvement through a consistent programme of education and care.
  • Mentally handicapped man in motiveless gang attack.
  • The need for the adequate provision of permanent residential homes increases substantially as the mentally handicapped child grows up.
  • The Ormerod School educates handicapped children from Oxfordshire.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not able to use a part of your body properly or not able to learn normally, because of a permanent problem: · Disabled people should have the same rights and choices as everyone else.· Elaine is severely disabled and relies on 24 hour care.· The charity provides opportunities and facilities for disabled people to take part in sport.
if someone has special needs, they have physical or mental disabilities: · a school for children with special needs· A woman whose five-year-old son has special needs has accused her local education authority of failing to provide him with a decent education.
if someone has learning difficulties, they have difficulty learning basic skills or information: · A child’s behavioural problems may be associated with learning difficulties.· special courses for students with moderate learning difficulties
disabled – this word is old-fashioned and is now considered offensive. It is better to say that someone has learning difficulties or has special needs.
someone who is in a wheelchair because they cannot walk: · There is easy access for wheelchair users.
someone who is unable to move the lower part of their body, including their legs: · He had a riding accident, which left him a paraplegic.
someone who is permanently unable to move any part of their body below their neck
Longman Language Activatordisabled
someone who is disabled cannot use a part of their body, for example their legs or their arms: · David goes to a special school for disabled children.· Her son is disabled and she has to take care of him all the time.the disabled: · The governor has guaranteed health care for pregnant women, preschool children, and the disabled.disabled toilets/parking etc (=for disabled people)
someone who is handicapped has serious difficulty using part of their body or mind: · She works with handicapped teenagers.mentally handicapped (=handicapped in the mind): · a school for mentally handicapped children
people with special needs need different teaching methods, special equipment etc because they are physically or mentally disabled: have special needs/with special needs: · a school for children with special needs
people with learning difficulties have difficulty learning at the same rate as most other people: · He's studying to teach children who have learning difficulties.
to have a disadvantage compared to other people or things
· She has the same qualifications as the other candidates, but has one big disadvantage - lack of experience.· Their restaurant has the disadvantage of being located south of town, a little too far from the tourist routes.
to have a disadvantage, especially because you do not have the experience or qualities that make you more likely to succeed in doing something: · Women are still at a disadvantage when it comes to getting jobs in the military.· People with previous convictions are always at a disadvantage when on trial in a court of law.put/place somebody at a disadvantage: · The test put candidates whose first language was not English at a disadvantage.
if someone is disadvantaged , they are suffering social or economic disadvantages such as lack of money or bad education, so that they have less chance of being successful than other people: · The club runs programs for disadvantaged children in the inner city areas.the disadvantaged (=disadvantaged people): · Booth invented schemes to help the disadvantaged in the community.
to have a disadvantage that makes it very difficult for you to do something: be handicapped by something: · The Republican candidate was handicapped by his heavy schedule.· In all its ambitious plans the company has been handicapped by an outdated system of management.
use this to say that someone has a big disadvantage so that they are very unlikely to be successful: · With every big company in town trying to stop them, the odds are stacked against them.· Most people who go into casinos know the odds are stacked heavily against them, but it doesn't stop them from trying.
to give someone or something a disadvantage: · Her height could be to her disadvantage if she wants to be a dancer.· To its disadvantage, the book contains a lot of material that is difficult for the average person to understand.to the disadvantage of: · The government has reorganized the taxation system to the disadvantage of low-paid workers.
if particular conditions are against someone or something, they make it unlikely or impossible for them to succeed in doing something: · Time is against us. The longer we wait to find a solution to the crisis, the worse it will get.· He wanted to become a pilot but his bad eyesight was against him.
if something counts against you, it makes people have a worse opinion of you, and often makes people decide not to choose you, or makes them decide that you are guilty: · We believe Caroline Connely is innocent, but her silence could count against her in a court.· He was a child when he committed the crime. Should that count against him as an adult with a clean record?
WORD SETS
abscess, nounache, verbache, nounacne, nounagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, nounague, noun-aholic, suffixAIDS, nounailment, nounairsick, adjectivealbino, nounalcoholic, nounalcoholism, nounallergic, adjectiveallergy, nounamnesia, nounamputee, nounanaemia, nounanaemic, adjectiveangina, nounanorexia, nounanorexic, adjectiveantacid, nounanthrax, nounantibody, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantigen, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounapoplectic, adjectiveapoplexy, nounappendicitis, nounarteriosclerosis, nounarthritis, nounaseptic, adjectiveaspirin, nounasthma, nounastigmatism, nounasymptomatic, adjectiveathlete's foot, nounatrophy, verbauto-immune disease, nounAyurvedic medicine, nounbaby blues, nounbacillus, nounbackache, nounbark, verbbattle fatigue, nounBCG, nounbedridden, adjectivebedsore, nounbed-wetting, nounbellyache, nounbenign, adjectiveberiberi, nounbespectacled, adjectivebetter, adjectivebilious, adjectivebinge, verbbiopsy, nounbirthmark, nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep vein thrombosis, noundeformity, noundegenerative, adjectivedehydrate, verbdelirious, adjectivedelirium, noundelusion, noundementia, noundengue fever, noundepression, noundermatitis, noundiabetes, noundiabetic, adjectivediabetic, noundiagnosis, noundialysis, noundiaper rash, noundiarrhoea, noundiphtheria, noundisability, noundisable, verbdisabled, adjectivedischarge, verbdisease, noundisgorge, verbdislocate, verbdisorder, noundissipated, adjectivedissipation, noundistemper, noundistend, verbdizzy, adjectivedoddering, adjectivedoddery, adjectivedonate, verbdonor, noundouble vision, noundoughy, adjectivedown, adverbDown's syndrome, noundrawn, adjectivedressing, noundrinker, noundrunk, adjectivedrunk, noundrunken, adjectivedull, adjectivedumb, adjectiveDVT, noundysentery, noundyslexia, noundyspepsia, noundyspeptic, adjectiveearache, nouneating disorder, nounEbola, nounectopic pregnancy, nouneczema, nounemaciated, adjectiveemasculate, verbembolism, nounemphysema, nounencephalitis, nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Many families keep their mentally handicapped children and adults at home.· The numbers of people in mentally handicapped hospitals rose sharply from around 5,000 in 1918 to 50,000 by 1940.· In addition 3,000 mentally handicapped and 200,000 mentally ill people were seen as new out-patients that year.· Considerable progress has been made in the education of mentally handicapped people since the legislation in 1971.· In addition there were another 550 schools for physically handicapped pupils which would include some mentally handicapped pupils who are also physically handicapped.· They entertain the elderly and mentally handicapped and are short of clubs.· Read in studio Police are growing increasingly worried about a mentally handicapped man who's been missing for three days.· Macintyre works with mentally handicapped people, setting up residential homes and finding them rewarding work.
· The physically handicapped youngster faces severe problems in finding employment.· Disabled Students Physically handicapped students may be assured that their applications will be considered on the academic grounds applying to all candidates.· Dozens of teenage volunteers were bussed in on Tuesday evening for a dance with mentally and physically handicapped patients.· In addition there were another 550 schools for physically handicapped pupils which would include some mentally handicapped pupils who are also physically handicapped.· That means meeting the needs of the exceptionally gifted as well as those of the physically handicapped and socially deprived.· The venue is home to about 200 mentally and physically handicapped students.· It has made physically handicapped people keen to stress that they are not mentally handicapped, not stupid.· This preparation eased the way for further integration of physically handicapped children into the mixed ability secondary school.
· For example, the Rowntree Trust Family Fund has been helpful to families with severely handicapped children.· More severely handicapped people often suffer from physical as well as mental disabilities.· A family with a severely handicapped child will have many problems.· Mencap's Day Services campaign indicates that the most desperate need is for the severely handicapped and those with behavioural difficulties.
· The incidents related in her story, however, are drawn from actual experiences of visually handicapped pupils.· Ways in which mobility can be made easier for visually handicapped pupils are discussed in the section on mobility in Chapter 6.· Specialised equipment and materials required for visually handicapped pupils can pose a storage problem.· Décor can be used imaginatively and helpfully as an aid to location for visually handicapped pupils.· There are some practical considerations that must be faced in terms of support for visually handicapped pupils who are being educated in resource situations.· The specialist teacher may find that some visually handicapped pupils require direct support teaching sessions.· For some visually handicapped children the amount of glare caused by various forms of lighting adds considerably to their difficulties.· Magnification, however, is not useful for every visually handicapped child.
NOUN
· In less imaginative hands, Liz - an unmarried and uncommunicative mum of a handicapped baby - would surely come a cropper.· When and if this occurs, decisions about mentally handicapped babies will be made with a full consideration of the issues involved.· Although I said to my husband when I was pregnant, what if I have a handicapped baby?· It is an important protection against behaving in unprofessional ways like procuring an illegal abortion or killing a handicapped baby.
· More help should also be available for the parents of younger handicapped children under the new legislation.· She was a single parent and had a nine-year-old son, Darren, who was in a home for mentally handicapped children.· Mentally handicapped children should be given the opportunity of mixing with other children from an early age.· The chances of having a severely mentally handicapped child are one in 200.· For example, the Rowntree Trust Family Fund has been helpful to families with severely handicapped children.· She also runs a playgroup for able bodied and handicapped children. £500 was split between the two groups.· Wherever possible, mentally handicapped children should attend normal schools, and thousands of mildly handicapped children do so.
· It is said that mentally handicapped people die young.· One reason for this is that mentally handicapped people are living longer, and this is balancing out the reduction in admissions.· It is wrong to assume that mentally handicapped people would, or should, remain at home into adulthood.· Considerable progress has been made in the education of mentally handicapped people since the legislation in 1971.· This, in turn, implies that a range of personnel will be deployed to support mentally handicapped people in different ways.· This would involve four handicapped people and four helpers.· More severely handicapped people often suffer from physical as well as mental disabilities.· Macintyre works with mentally handicapped people, setting up residential homes and finding them rewarding work.
· Firstly, it depicted the life of a mentally handicapped person as being unrewarding, unstimulating and confined.· Each helper only works with one handicapped person.· They will probably not have spent any amount of time with a mentally handicapped person or really know how they behave.· For the first time, he said, the winner was a mentally handicapped person.· Social workers are needed to help the families of mentally handicapped persons as well as the mentally ill or handicapped themselves.· The mentally handicapped person should, wherever possible, be encouraged to live outside his or her home with a view to eventual independence.· The maximum number of persons in each group must be fourteen i.e. six handicapped persons and eight helpers.
· The incidents related in her story, however, are drawn from actual experiences of visually handicapped pupils.· Ways in which mobility can be made easier for visually handicapped pupils are discussed in the section on mobility in Chapter 6.· Specialised equipment and materials required for visually handicapped pupils can pose a storage problem.· The skilful use of a piece of interesting technology by a visually handicapped pupil can become a source of pride rather than embarrassment.· Décor can be used imaginatively and helpfully as an aid to location for visually handicapped pupils.· There are some practical considerations that must be faced in terms of support for visually handicapped pupils who are being educated in resource situations.· In addition there were another 550 schools for physically handicapped pupils which would include some mentally handicapped pupils who are also physically handicapped.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Current law requires businesses to make their buildings accessible to the handicapped.
1if someone is handicapped, a part of their body or their mind has been permanently injured or damaged. Many people think that this word is offensive:  a special school for mentally handicapped children2the handicapped [plural] people who are handicapped. Many people think that this expression is offensive. → disabled
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