单词	immobilization
释义	immobilizeim‧mo‧bi‧lize (also immobilise British English) /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪz $ ɪˈmoʊ-/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE immobilize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they immobilize he, she, it immobilizes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they immobilized Present perfect I, you, we, they have immobilized he, she, it has immobilized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had immobilized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will immobilize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have immobilized Continuous Form Present I am immobilizing he, she, it is immobilizing you, we, they are immobilizing Past I, he, she, it was immobilizing you, we, they were immobilizing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been immobilizing he, she, it has been immobilizing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been immobilizing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be immobilizing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been immobilizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Demonstrators immobilized tanks using gasoline bombs. Doctors put on a cast to immobilize her ankle. Kendrick had only a few minutes to immobilize the aircraft. The virus has immobilized around 6,000 computers linked to the Internet. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Another use for the sequestering agents is to immobilize metals that might cause difficulties in processing. For this he was relieved of his world title and, like Johnson, was involuntarily immobilized. Immobilization of nitrogen occurs in both types in both sites but phosphorus is immobilized only in the fern litter. Kingsley sat immobilized, only the muscles of his jaw pulsing. Standing dumb and immobilized in Doyle's hands, Jinny felt the last grains of fight trickle out of her. Then he found himself immobilized for two weeks. They are immobilized in almost every sense we can imagine. This argument is both diversionary and, at length, immobilizing. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto stop a machine from working► break to stop a machine from working by damaging it, especially by damaging it so badly that it cannot be used again: · One of the kids put some rocks in the blender and broke it.· I don't know what she did, but she managed to break the sewing machine. ► disable written to make a machine or a system unable to work: · The robbers had disabled the bank's security system.· The tank's navigational system had been disabled during a grenade attack. ► put something out of action to deliberately stop a machine or piece of equipment from working properly by damaging it, especially because you want to stop an enemy from using it: · An electronic mine exploded under the ship and put it out of action.· Reporting from the area was difficult even before terrorists put all the telephone lines out of action. ► immobilize also immobilise British to stop a vehicle from working, especially a military vehicle: · Demonstrators immobilized tanks using gasoline bombs.· Kendrick had only a few minutes to immobilize the aircraft. 1to prevent someone or something from moving:  The broken limb must be immobilized immediately. She was immobilized with a broken leg.2to stop something from working:  The car’s security device will immobilize the ignition system.—immobilization /ɪˌməʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ɪˌmoʊbələ-/ noun [uncountable]
随便看	disinterestedly disintermediation disinvestment disjointed disjunction disjunctive disk disk drive diskette dislike dislocate dislocated dislocation dislodge disloyal disloyalty dismal dismally dismantle dismay dismayed dismember dismemberment dismiss dismissal

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